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Job 27

Job 27:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forf what is the hope
tiqvah (Hebrew #8615)
literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare 6961)); figuratively, expectancy
KJV usage: expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Pronounce: tik-vaw'
Origin: from 6960
of the hypocrite
chaneph (Hebrew #2611)
soiled (i.e. with sin), impious
KJV usage: hypocrite(-ical).
Pronounce: khaw-nafe'
Origin: from 2610
, though he hath gained
batsa` (Hebrew #1214)
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
KJV usage: (be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Pronounce: baw-tsah'
Origin: a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder
, when God
'elowahh (Hebrew #433)
a deity or the Deity
KJV usage: God, god. See 430.
Pronounce: el-o'-ah;
Origin: probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410
taketh away
shalah (Hebrew #7953)
to draw out or off, i.e. remove (the soul by death)
KJV usage: take away.
Pronounce: shaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of 5394, 7997 and their congeners through the idea of extracting)
his soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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Matt. 16:26• 26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt. 16:26)

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God,
Hypocrite,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 11:20• 20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life. (Job 11:20)
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Job 13:16• 16This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face. (Job 13:16)
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Job 15:34• 34For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. (Job 15:34)
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Job 20:5• 5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment? (Job 20:5)
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Job 31:3• 3Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity? (Job 31:3)
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Isa. 33:14‑15• 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames?
 15--He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: (Isa. 33:14‑15)
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Matt. 16:26• 26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt. 16:26)
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Matt. 23:14• 14(Verse 14 is omitted in this translation.) (Matt. 23:14)
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Mark 8:36‑37• 36For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
 37for what should a man give in exchange for his soul? (Mark 8:36‑37)
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Luke 9:25• 25For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself? (Luke 9:25)
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Luke 12:20‑21• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:20‑21)
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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• 9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
 10For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)
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James 5:1‑3• 1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
 2Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
 3Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days. (James 5:1‑3)
• The wicked’s character contrasted (vers. 8-12). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him offb, when +God taketh awayc his soul?

JND Translation Notes

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b
Others, "though he get gain."
c
Or "giveth ease to."