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Job 27:8 Cross-References
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“For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?”
Job 27:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 27:8
Job asks rhetorically, "What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?" The Hebrew chaneph (חָנֵף, "hypocrite") denotes a godless, profane person—one who may maintain religious appearance without genuine faith. The verb batsa' (בָּצַע, "gained") means to cut off or gain profit, often with connotations of unjust gain. Job recognizes that temporal prosperity means nothing at death when God "taketh away his soul" (nesho, נַפְשׁוֹ). This anticipates Jesus' parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:20) and His question, "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain...
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Cross-References for Job 27:8
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“if he gains the whole world”
“and disaster to the workers of iniquity?”
“to gain the whole world”
“the joy of the godless but for a moment?”
“such as drown men in ruin and destruction.”
“and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.”