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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 27:8

Though — Though they prosper in the world. God, as the judge takes it away, to be tried, and determined to its everlasting state. And what will his hope be then? It will be vanity and a lie; it will stand him in no stead.

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See also Job 27:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 _...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION _ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_ 2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7) Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THIRD SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27:8 t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. TAKETH AWAY HIS SOUL. By. different division of the letters it means "when he lifteth up his soul to God", or "when God demandeth his soul". HIS SOUL. h...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The dreary and desolate condition of the mind of the wicked man in affliction....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The verse most probably means, For what is the hope of the godless man when God cutteth off, When he taketh away his soul? lit. _when He cutteth off, when God draweth out his soul_. The comfortless...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD JUSTIFY YOU— See the note on chap. Job 2:9. This and the three following verses afford us a proof of Job's faith, and contain the noble plea that he makes for himself against...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS, I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23) TEXT 27:7-23 7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. 8 For what is th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR WHAT IS THE HOPE OF THE HYPOCRITE, THOUGH HE HATH GAINED, WHEN GOD TAKETH AWAY HIS SOUL?_ 'What hope hath the hypocrite, notwithstanding all his gains, when?' etc. "Gained" [batsaa`] is antithet...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:8 off, (b-13) Others, 'though he get gain.' away (c-17) Or 'giveth ease to.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THOUGH HE HATH GAINED] RM 'when God cutteth him off.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job 13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 27 JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In chapter 21, Job argued that God does not seem to punish wicked people. In Job 24:1, Job thought that he was waiting in vain for God to act as judge. But in chapter 27, Job was speaking as if he was...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHAT IS THE HOPE? — Better, _What is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul? _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י מַה ־תִּקְוַ֣ת חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י יִבְצָ֑ע כּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1; Job 27:1 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the strengthless...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE JUSTICE OF GOD Job 27:1 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job 27:1. He denies the charge of be...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. This...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For what [is] the (f) hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? (f) What advantage has the dissembler to gain, seeing he will lose his own soul?...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Soul, in death: What will it profit? &c., Matthew xvi. 26. All this proves demonstratively another world. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? (9) Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? (10) Will he delight himself in the Almighty? w...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Ver. 8. _For what is the hope of the hypocrite, &c._] Here Job proveth himself to be no hypocrite, by hi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained?_ There is no reason why I should envy or desire the portion of wicked men: although they ofttimes prosper in the world, and seem to be great...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For what is the hope of the hypocrite, of an ungodly person, THOUGH HE HATH GAINED, WHEN GOD TAKETH AWAY HIS SOUL, when God cuts off, when God draws forth his soul? The evildoer has nothing to hope fo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB'S AGAIN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the debat...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-10 Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    There is no reason why I should envy or desire the portion of wicked men; for though they ofttimes prosper in the world, as I have said, and seem to be great gainers, yet death, which hasteneth to all...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 27:8 hope H8615 hypocrite H2611 gain H1214 (H8799) God H433 away H7953 (H8799) life H5315...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the hypocrite should engage us to be upright. KEY WORD: Hypocr...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For what is the hope of the hypocrite?_ THE CHARACTER AND HOPE OF THE HYPOCRITE I. The character of the hypocrite. By a hypocrite we understand not a self-deceiver, but a deceiver of others. To hims...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Moreover Job continued his parable._ POINTS IN JOB’S PARABLE I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a belief-- 1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 27:7 If Job is right to maintain his integrity (see vv. Job 27:2), then his adversaries should be considered AS THE WICKED and unrighteous

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_ Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, therefo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 27:1 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; Isaiah 33:14; Isaiah 33:15; James 5:1;

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