Job 27:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"For whatמַה־
(mah-)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
is the hopeתִּקְוַ֣ת
(tik·vat)
8615b: a hopefrom qavah
of the godlessחָ֭נֵף
(cha·nef)
2611: profane, irreligiousfrom chaneph
whenכִּ֤י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
he is cut off,יִבְצָ֑ע
(yiv·tza;)
1214: to cut off, break off, gain by violencea prim. root
Whenכִּ֣י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
Godאֱלֹ֣והַּ
(e·lo·vh·ah)
433: God, godprol. from el
requiresיֵ֖שֶׁל
(ye·shel)
7953: to draw out, extracta prim. root
his life?נַפְשֹֽׁו׃
(naf·shov.)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
For what is the hope
tiqvah  (tik-vaw')
literally, a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation (-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
of the hypocrite
chaneph  (khaw-nafe')
soiled (i.e. with sin), impious -- hypocrite(-ical).
though he hath gained
batsa`  (baw-tsah')
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop -- (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
when God
'elowahh  (el-o'-ah)
a deity or the Deity -- God, god.
taketh away
shalah  (shaw-law')
to draw out or off, i.e. remove (the soul by death) -- take away.
his soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?

King James Bible
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

International Standard Version
For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

NET Bible
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

King James 2000 Bible
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
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