For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul? Treasury of Scripture Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. Job 13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Isaiah 33:14,15 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire... Matthew 16:26 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? Matthew 23:14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer... Mark 8:36,37 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul... Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke 12:20,21 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be... 1 Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts... James 5:1-3 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you...
Context The State of the Godless
7Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous. 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul? 9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him? 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God? 11I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain? 13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes. 19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not. 20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night. 21The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurles him out of his place. 22For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
Douay-Rheims Bible
For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
Darby Bible Translation
For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?
King James Bible
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Young's Literal Translation
For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
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