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Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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ASV

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

KJV

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
תִּקְוַ֣תtik.Vat[is the] hope ofH8615 →
חָ֭נֵףCha.nefa godless [person]H2611 →
כִּ֣יkiifH3588 →
יִבְצָ֑עyiv.Tza'he will cut offH1214 →
כִּ֤יkiifH3588 →
יֵ֖שֶׁלYe.shelhe will take awayH7953 →
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433 →
נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.Sholife hisH5315 →

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Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.Ecclesiastes 9:4There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.Luke 12:20–21But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.Job 14:19as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?Job 13:16Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?Mark 8:36–37What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?Luke 9:25What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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