Job 27:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Complete Jewish Bible:

For what hope does the godless have from his gain when God takes away his life?

Berean Standard Bible:

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

American Standard Version:

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For what is the hope^{H8615} of the hypocrite^{H2611}, though he hath gained^{H1214}, when God^{H433} taketh away^{H7953} his soul^{H5315}?

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Commentary for Job 27:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: H8615
   There are 33 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: תִּקְוָה
   Transliteration: tiqvâh
   Pronunciation: tik-vaw'
   Description: from קָוָה; (compare קָוֶה); literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy; expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
   
2. Strong's Number: H2611
   There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: חָנֵף
   Transliteration: chânêph
   Pronunciation: khaw-nafe'
   Description: from חָנֵף; soiled (i.e. with sin), impious; hypocrite(-ical).
   
3. Strong's Number: H1214
   There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: בָּצַע
   Transliteration: bâtsaʻ
   Pronunciation: baw-tsah'
   Description: 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.
   
4. Strong's Number: H433
   There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: אֱלוֹהַּ
   Transliteration: ʼĕlôwahh
   Pronunciation: el-o'-ah
   Description: rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים.
   
5. Strong's Number: H7953
   There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: שָׁלָה
   Transliteration: shâlâh
   Pronunciation: shaw-law'
   Description: 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.
   
6. Strong's Number: H5315
   There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
   Transliteration: nephesh
   Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
   Description: 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.