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Job 8:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 8:13

Verse 13 of 22

Scripture focus

So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

Job 8:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 8:13

Theological / Devotional

All that forget God. This verse contains the application of the parable. When God’s sustaining power is withdrawn from a man, he perishes like the once luxuriant water reed. The figure illustrates the judgment that Bildad conceives as falling on the man who was at one time righteous, and therefore prosperous, but who afterward departed from God. Job could not miss the application. Hypocrite’s. Heb. chaneph. Literally, “godless man.” The Hebrew word does not suggest the dissimulation that is implied in the English word “hypocrite,” but rather denotes irreligion and profanity (see Job 13:16; 15:34; 17:8; 20:5; 27:8; 34:30; 36:13; Ps. 35:16; Prov. 11:9).

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