KJV King James Version
So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
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Job 8:13
So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
WEB World English Bible
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
ASV American Standard Version
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,
Surrounding context — Job 8
10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
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Psalm 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.Job 11:20But 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 13:16He also [shall be] my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.Job 15:34For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.Luke 12:1-2In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?Deuteronomy 8:19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.Deuteronomy 8:11Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:Psalm 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.Isaiah 51:13And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where [is] the fury of the oppressor?Job 18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?Lamentations 3:18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:Psalm 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.Deuteronomy 6:12[Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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