But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
Job 27:8 - New Revised Standard Version For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, When God taketh away his soul? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what is the hope of the godless and polluted, even though he has gained [in this world], when God cuts him off and takes away his life? American Standard Version (1901) For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? Common English Bible For what hope has the godless when God cuts them off, when he takes them away. Catholic Public Domain Version For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? |
But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
“May my enemy be like the wicked, and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.
Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?
Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them.
What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves?
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.
When you returned and wept before the Lord, the Lord would neither heed your voice nor pay you any attention.
And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”