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Job 27:8
| ← Job 27:7 | Job 27:8 (KJV) | Job 27:9 → |
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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Verse Text
For what is the hopeH8615 of the hypocriteH2611, though he hath gainedH1214, when GodH433 taketh awayH7953 his soulH5315?
כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלֹוהַּ נַפְשֹׁו׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
כִּ֤י |
ki | H3588 | HC | for |
מַה |
mah- | H4100 | HTi | what? |
תִּקְוַ֣ת |
tik.Vat | H8615 | HNcfsc | (is the) hope of |
חָ֭נֵף |
Cha.nef | H2611 | HAamsa | a godless (person) |
כִּ֣י |
ki | H3588 | HC | if |
יִבְצָ֑ע |
yiv.Tza' | H1214 | HVqi3ms | he will cut off |
כִּ֤י |
ki | H3588 | HC | if |
יֵ֖שֶׁל |
Ye.shel | H7953 | HVqi3ms | he will take away |
אֱל֣וֹהַּ |
'e.Lo.ah | H433 | HNcmsa | God |
נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ |
naf.Sh/o | H5315 | HNcbsc/Sp3ms | life/ his |
- H433 — אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh, el-o'-ah): rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים.
- H1214 — בָּצַע (bâtsaʻ, baw-tsah'): a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop; (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
- H2611 — חָנֵף (chânêph, khaw-nafe'): from חָנֵף; soiled (i.e. with sin), impious; hypocrite(-ical).
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H7953 — שָׁלָה (shâlâh, shaw-law'): a primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of נָשַׁל, שָׁלַל and their congeners through the idea of extracting); to draw out or off, i.e. remove (the soul by death); take away.
- H8615 — תִּקְוָה (tiqvâh, tik-vaw'): from קָוָה; (compare קָוֶה); literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy; expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
- H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Reciprocal references (24): Job 5:3, Job 8:13, Job 14:19, Job 35:13, Job 36:13, Psalms 66:18, Psalms 73:17, Psalms 120:3, Proverbs 10:22, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 9:4, Isaiah 1:15, Ezekiel 20:31, Hosea 5:15, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 13:21, Mark 4:17, Luke 12:1, Luke 18:1, John 9:31, Romans 5:5, Romans 12:12, Colossians 4:2, James 4:3
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: EXPECTATION-DISAPPOINTMENT
- Torrey’s: HYPOCRITES
- Nave’s: DEATH, HOPE, HYPOCRISY, WICKED (PEOPLE)
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