Key Verse Spotlight
Job 27:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?”
Job 27:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach {me} so long as I live. {so long...: Heb. from my days}
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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