Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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Interpretation

Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would that avail when God required their souls?

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This thought runs through Job 27:7-10.

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