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Job 27:8 KJV
Job · chapter 27 · verse 8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?Job 27:8 · King James Version
Job 27:8 in context
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hypocritechânêphsoiled , impiousH2611 →
- gainedbâtsaʻfiguratively, to finish, or stopH1214 →
- hopetiqvâhliterally a cordH8615 →
- awayshâlâhto draw out or offH7953 →
- Godʼĕlôwahha deity or the DeityH433 →
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Job having solemnly protested the satisfaction he had in his integrity, for the further clearing of himself, here expresses the dread he had of being found a hypocrite. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10