job 27:8 for what is the hope of the hypocrite though he hath gained when god taketh away his soul

Job 27:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soule?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For though he has accumulated riches, what is the hope of the godless at the time when God takes away his life?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when Eloah taketh away his soul?

For x3588

(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}

A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.

what x4100

(4100) Complement
מָּה
mah
{maw}

A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.

[is] the hope 8615

{8615} Prime
תִּקְוָה
tiqvah
{tik-vaw'}

From H6960; literally a cord (as an attachment (compare H6961)); figuratively expectancy.

of the hypocrite, 2611

{2611} Prime
חָנֵף
chaneph
{khaw-nafe'}

From H2610; soiled (that is, with sin), impious.

though x3588

(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}

he hath gained, 1214

{1214} Prime
בָּצַע
batsa`
{baw-tsah'}

A primitive root to break off, that is, (usually) plunder; figuratively to finish, or (intransitively) stop.

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

when x3588

(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}

´Élôåh אֱלוֹהַ 433

{0433} Prime
אֱלוֹהַּ
'elowahh
{el-o'-ah}

(The second form is rare); probably prolonged (emphatically) from H0410; a deity or the deity.

taketh away 7953

{7953} Prime
שָׁלָה
shalah
{shaw-law'}

A primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of H5394, H7997 and their congeners through the idea of extracting); to draw out or off, that is, remove (the soul by death).

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

his soul? 5315

{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}

From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).

Job 27:8

_ _ “What hope hath the hypocrite, notwithstanding all his gains, when?” etc. “Gained” is antithetic to “taketh away.” Umbreit’s translation is an unmeaning tautology. “When God cuts off, when He taketh away his life.”

_ _ taketh away — literally, “draws out” the soul from the body, which is, as it were, its scabbard (Job 4:21; Psalms 104:29; Daniel 7:15). Job says that he admits what Bildad said (Job 8:13) and Zophar (Job 20:5). But he says the very fact of his still calling upon God (Job 27:10) amid all his trials, which a hypocrite would not dare to do, shows he is no “hypocrite.”

See commentary on Job 27:7-10.

Job 27:8

Though — Though they prosper in the world. God, as the judge takes it away, to be tried, and determined to its everlasting state. And what will his hope be then? It will be vanity and a lie; it will stand him in no stead.

Job 27:8

For what [is] the ^(f) hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

^(f) What advantage has the dissembler to gain, seeing he will lose his own soul?

Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.

Job 13:16 He also [shall be] my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

Job 31:3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

Isaiah 33:14-15 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? ... He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Mark 8:36-37 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? ... Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Luke 12:20-21 But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? ... So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

1 Timothy 6:9-10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ... For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

James 5:1-3 Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. ... Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

Jb 11:20; 13:16; 15:34; 20:5; 31:3. Is 33:14. Mt 16:26; 23:14. Mk 8:36. Lk 9:25; 12:20. 1Ti 6:9. Jm 5:1.