the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Job 27:8
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For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
For what is the hope of the godless, though he gets himself gain, When God takes away his soul?
What hope do the wicked have when they die, when God takes their life away?
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life?
"For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world], When God takes his life?
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?
For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Such people are hopeless, and God All-Powerful will cut them down,
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
For what hope does the godless have from his gain when God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?
What hope do people without God have when it is time to die, when God takes their life away?
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soule?
For what is the hope of the man without God when he dies, when God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?
For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
For though he has accumulated riches, what is the hope of the godless at the time when God takes away his life?
What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?
For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off,when God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life?
for what is the hope of the godless when he cuts them off, when God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God pulls out his soul?
For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre?
"For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life?
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,When God requires his soul?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 11:20, Job 13:16, Job 15:34, Job 20:5, Job 31:3, Isaiah 33:14, Isaiah 33:15, Matthew 16:26, Matthew 23:14, Mark 8:36, Mark 8:37, Luke 9:25, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:21, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, James 5:1-3
Reciprocal: Job 5:3 - taking Job 8:13 - the hypocrite's Job 14:19 - destroyest Job 35:13 - God Job 36:13 - they Psalms 66:18 - If I regard Psalms 73:17 - then Psalms 120:3 - What shall Proverbs 10:22 - he Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Ecclesiastes 9:4 - General Isaiah 1:15 - when Ezekiel 20:31 - and shall Hosea 5:15 - in their Matthew 6:5 - thou shalt not Matthew 13:21 - dureth Mark 4:17 - have Luke 12:1 - which Luke 18:1 - that John 9:31 - we know Romans 5:5 - hope Romans 12:12 - continuing Colossians 4:2 - Continue James 4:3 - and
Cross-References
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite,.... In religion, who seems to be what he is not, a holy and righteous man; professes to have what he has not, the grace of God; pretends to do what he does not, worship God sincerely and fervently, and does all he does to be seen of men; though such a man may have an hope, as he has, of an interest in the divine layout, and of eternal glory and happiness, what will it signify? what avail will it be unto him? what will it issue in? Job was of the same mind in this with Bildad and Zophar, that such a man's hope is as the spider's web, and as the giving up of the ghost, Job 8:14; however he may please himself with it in this life, it will be of no service to him at death; for it is not like that of the true believer's, that is sure and steadfast, and founded upon the perfect righteousness and sacrifice of Christ; but upon his outward substance, fancying, that because God prospers him in this world, he is highly in his favour, and shall enjoy the happiness of the world to come; and upon his external profession of religion, and found of duties performed by him, but he will find himself mistaken: though he hath gained; great wealth and riches under a guise of religion, and by that means making gain of godliness, and taking the one for the other; so the Targum,
"because he hath gathered the mammon of falsehood;''
and also has great gifts, and a great deal of head knowledge, being able to talk of and dispute about most points of religion, and so has gained a great name among men both for knowledge and holiness, and yet all will not stand him in any stead, or be of any advantage to him:
when God taketh away his soul? out of his body by death, as a sword is drawn out of its scabbard, and which is as easily done by him; or as a shoe is plucked off from the foot, as Aben Ezra, and what he has a right to do, and will do it: and this taking it away seems to be in a violent manner, though not by what is called a violent death, yet against the will of the person; a good man is willing to die, is desirous of it, and gives up the ghost cheerfully; but an hypocrite is not willing to die, being afraid of death, and therefore his life or soul is taken from him without his consent and will, and not in love but in wrath, as the latter part of this chapter shows. Now Job had an hope which bore him up under all his troubles, and which he retained in the most killing and distressed circumstances, and which continued with him, and supported him in the views of death and eternity, so that he could look upon death, and into another world, with pleasure, and therefore could be no hypocrite, see Job 13:15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For what is the hope of the hypocrite? - The same sentiment which Job here advances had before been expressed by Bildad; see it explained in the notes at Job 8:13 following It had also been expressed in a similar manner by Zophar (see the notes on Job 20:5, and had been much insisted on in their arguments. Job now says that he fully accords with that belief. He was not disposed to defend hypocrisy; he had no sympathy for it. He knew, as they did, that all the joy of a hypocrite would be temporary, and that when death came it must vanish. He wishes that his remarks should not be construed so as to make him the advocate of hypocrisy or sin, and affirms that he relied on a more solid foundation of peace and joy than the hypocrite could possess. It was by explanations and admissions such as these that the controversy was gradually closed, and when they came fully to understand Job, they felt that they had nothing which they could reply to him.
Though he hath gained - - יבצע yı̂bâtsa‛. The Vulgate renders this, si avare rapiat - “if he avariciously seizes upon.” The Septuagint, ὅτι hoti ἐπἐχει epechei that he persisteth. Dr. Good, “That he should prosper;” and so Wemyss. The Hebrew word (בצע bâtsa‛) means properly, to cut or dash in pieces; then to tear in pieces, or to plunder or spoil; then to cut off, to bring to an end, etc. It is applied to the action of a weaver, who, when his web is finished, cuts off the thrum that binds it to the beam. The web is then finished; it is all woven, and is then taken from the loom. Hence, it is elegantly used to denote the close of life, when life is woven or finished - by the rapid passing of days like the weavers shuttle Job 7:6, and when it is then, as it were, taken out of the loom; see this figure explained in the notes at Isaiah 38:12. This is the idea here, that life would be cut off like the weaver’s web, and that when that was done the hope of the hypocrite would be of no value.
When God taketh away his soul - When he dies. There has been much perplexity felt in regard to the Hebrew word here rendered “taketh away” - ישׁל yēshel. A full explanation may be seen in Schultens and Rosenmuller. Some suppose it is the future from נשל for ישל - meaning to draw out, and that the idea is, that God draws out this life as a sword is drawn out of a sheath. Others, that it is from שלה - to be secure, or tranquil, or at rest: and that it refers to the time when God shall give rest in the grave, or that the meaning of the word שלה here is the same as שלל or נשל - to draw out; see Gesenius on the word שלה. Schnurrer conjectures that it is derived from שאל - to ask, to demand, and that the form here is contracted from the future ישאל. But the common supposition is, that it means to draw out - in allusion to drawing out a sword from a scabbard - thus drawing life or the soul from the body.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 27:8. What is the hope of the hypocrite — The word חנף chaneph, which we translate, most improperly, hypocrite, means a wicked fellow, a defiled, polluted wretch, a rascal, a knave, a man who sticks at nothing in order to gain his ends. In this verse it means a dishonest man, a rogue, who by overreaching, cheating, c., has amassed a fortune.
When God taketh away his soul? — Could he have had any well grounded hope of eternal blessedness when he was acquiring earthly property by guilt and deceit? And of what avail will this property be when his soul is summoned before the judgment-seat? A righteous man yields up his soul to God the wicked does not, because he is afraid of God, of death, and of eternity. God therefore takes the soul away - forces it out of the body. Mr. Blair gives us an affecting picture of the death of a wicked man. Though well known, I shall insert it as a striking comment on this passage: -
"How shocking must thy summons be, O death!
To him that is at ease in his possessions;
Who, counting on long years of pleasures here;
Is quite unfurnished for that world to come!
In that dread moment how the frantic soul
Raves round the walls of her clay tenement;
Runs to each avenue, and shrieks for help,
But shrieks in vain! How wishfully she looks
On all she's leaving, now no longer hers!
A little longer, yet a little longer,
O, might she stay, to wash away her stains,
And fit her for her passage! Mournful sight!
Her very eyes weep blood; and every groan
She heaves is big with horror. But the foe,
Like a stanch murderer, steady to his purpose,
Pursues her close, through every lane of life,
Nor misses once the track, but presses on;
Till, forced at last to the tremendous verge,
At once she sinks to everlasting ruin."
THE GRAVE.
The Chaldee has, What can the detractor expect who has gathered together (ממון דשקר mamon dishkar, the mammon of unrighteousness) when God plucks out his soul? The Septuagint: Τις γαρ εστιν ετι ελπις ασεβει, ὁτι επεχει; Μη πεποιθως επι Κυριον ει αρα σωθησεται; "For what is the hope of the ungodly that he should wait for? shall he, by hoping in the Lord, be therefore saved?" Mr. Good translates differently from all the versions: -
"Yet what is the hope of the wicked that he should prosper,
That God should keep his soul in quiet?"
I believe our version gives as true a sense as any; and the words appear to have been in the eye of our Lord, when he said, "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 16:26.
