Job 27:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?”
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“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?”
King James Version · Public Domain“For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For what <FI>is<Fi> the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 27:8 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 8:18When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Job 13:16Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
- Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Matthew 16:26What 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?
- Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Mark 8:36What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Luke 9:25What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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