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Job 27:8 King James For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
"What hope hath the hypocrite, notwithstanding all his gains, when?" &c. "Gained" is antithetic to "taketh away." UMBREIT'S translation is an unmeaning tautology. "When God cuts off, when He taketh away his life."

taketh away--literally, "draws out" the soul from the body, which is, as it were, its scabbard (Job 4:21; Psa 104:29; Dan 7:15). Job says that he admits what Bildad said (Job 8:13) and Zophar (Job 20:5). But he says the very fact of his still calling upon God (Job 27:10) amid all his trials, which a hypocrite would not dare to do, shows he is no "hypocrite."
 
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10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?