Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life? New Living Translation For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? English Standard Version For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? Berean Standard Bible For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? King James Bible For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? New King James Version For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life? New American Standard Bible “For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life? NASB 1995 “For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life? NASB 1977 “For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life? Legacy Standard Bible For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his soul? Amplified Bible “For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world], When God takes his life? Christian Standard Bible For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Holman Christian Standard Bible For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? American Standard Version For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? Contemporary English Version Such people are hopeless, and God All-Powerful will cut them down, English Revised Version For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul? GOD'S WORD® Translation After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Good News Translation What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life? International Standard Version For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life? Majority Standard Bible For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? NET Bible For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? New Heart English Bible For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Webster's Bible Translation For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? World English Bible For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor what [is] the hope of the profane, "" When He cuts off? When God casts off his soul? Young's Literal Translation For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? Smith's Literal Translation For what the hope of the profane one if he shall plunder? for God shall draw out his soul. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? Catholic Public Domain Version For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? New American Bible For what hope has the impious when he is cut off, when God requires his life? New Revised Standard Version For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor though he has accumulated riches, what is the hope of the godless at the time when God takes away his life? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated What is the hope of the heathen who possesses riches at the time when God takes his soul? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? Brenton Septuagint Translation For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Wicked Man's Portion7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. 8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?… Cross References Proverbs 11:7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes. Matthew 16:26 What 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? Mark 8:36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ Psalm 49:5-6 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me? / They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. Psalm 49:16-17 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases. / For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down. Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. / And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands. / This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind? James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Luke 9:25 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self? Psalm 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. Psalm 73:18-19 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish. 1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. Ecclesiastes 8:13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. Treasury of Scripture For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his 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. Jump to Previous Cut Cuts Cutteth Gain Gained Godless Hope Hypocrite Life Requires Sinner Soul UngodlyJump to Next Cut Cuts Cutteth Gain Gained Godless Hope Hypocrite Life Requires Sinner Soul UngodlyJob 27 1. Job protests his sincerity8. The hypocrite is without hope 11. The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses For what is the hope The Hebrew word for "hope" here is "תִּקְוָה" (tiqvah), which conveys a sense of expectation or something to look forward to. In the context of Job, this word challenges us to consider the foundation of our expectations. Theologically, hope is a central theme in the Bible, often associated with trust in God and His promises. For the godless, whose hope is not anchored in the divine, this question underscores the futility of their expectations when faced with mortality. of the godless when he is cut off when God takes away his life Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what hope תִּקְוַ֣ת (tiq·waṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy has the godless חָ֭נֵף (ḥā·nêp̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2611: Profane, irreligious when כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction he is cut off, יִבְצָ֑ע (yiḇ·ṣā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1214: To cut off, break off, gain by violence when כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction God אֱל֣וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity takes away יֵ֖שֶׁל (yê·šel) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 7953: To draw out, off, remove his life? נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Links Job 27:8 NIVJob 27:8 NLT Job 27:8 ESV Job 27:8 NASB Job 27:8 KJV Job 27:8 BibleApps.com Job 27:8 Biblia Paralela Job 27:8 Chinese Bible Job 27:8 French Bible Job 27:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 27:8 For what is the hope (Jb) |
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