约伯记 27:8 CUVS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 27:8

Job 27:8 . What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained? There is no reason why I should envy or desire the portion of wicked men: although they ofttimes prosper in the world, and seem to be great gainers; yet death, which hasteneth to all men, and to me especially, will show that they are far greater losers, and die in a most wretched and desperate condition, having no hope either of continuing in this life, which they chiefly desire, or of enjoying a better life, which they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 27:1-23

27:1-31:40 JOB’S SUMMARYThe traditional teaching (27:1-23)According to the established pattern of the debate, Zophar should speak next, but when he does not, Job proceeds to summarize his own position. He restates that, in spite of his suffering and bitterness, he is innocent of the great wrongdoing of which they accuse him, and he assures them that he intends to remain innocent (27:1-6).Job knows as well as his friends do that the ungodly will, in the end, be punished and no final cry for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 27:8

what . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis . App-6 . taketh away his soul. By a different division of the letters it means "when he lifteth up his soul to God", or "when God demandeth his soul". his soul = himself; or, his life. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 27:8

WHAT IS THE HOPE OF THE GODLESS?"For what is the hope of the godless though he get him gain,When God taketh away his soul?Will God hear his cryWhen trouble cometh upon him?Will he delight himself in the Almighty,And call upon God at all times?I will teach you concerning the hand of God;That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;Why then are ye become altogether vain.""Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times" (Job... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 27:5-8

Job 27:5-8. God forbid that I should justify you— See the note on chap. Job 2:9. This and the three following verses afford us a proof of Job's faith, and contain the noble plea that he makes for himself against the reproachful insinuation of his mistaken friends; as if he must needs have been a wicked man and a hypocrite, under all the fair appearances of a strict piety and integrity. "Though I am quite cast down, (says he,) and as miserable almost as it is possible to be in this life, yet God... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 27:8

8. "What hope hath the hypocrite, notwithstanding all his gains, when?" c. "Gained" is antithetic to "taketh away." UMBREIT'S translation is an unmeaning tautology. "When God cuts off, when He taketh away his life." taketh away—literally, "draws out" the soul from the body, which is, as it were, its scabbard (Job 4:21 Psalms 104:29; Daniel 7:15). Job says that he admits what Bildad said (Job 8:13) and Zophar (Job 20:5). But he says the very fact of his still calling upon God (Job 20:5- :) amid... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 27:1-23

Job’s denial of his friends’ wisdom ch. 27Since Job 27:1 begins, "Then Job continued . . .," Job may have paused and waited for Zophar to respond. However, we have no third speech by him in the text. Evidently Job proceeded to elaborate further on Bildad’s "wisdom" but broadened his perspective and addressed all three friends. "You" in Job 27:5; Job 27:11-12 is plural in the Hebrew text.Job began by affirming his innocence (Job 27:1-6). For the first time he took an oath that his words were... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 27:1-23

Job’s Eighth Speech (concluded)1-6. Job protests that he is innocent.Job 27:1-6 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job 13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being punished for his sins, since he felt that he was innocent of any great offence. This much is plain, but the rest of the chapter (Job 27:7-23) is puzzling; inasmuch as the sentiments expressed regarding the fate of the wicked seem opposed to Job’s views in the rest of the book when he enlarges on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 27:8

(8) What is the hope?—Better, What is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul? read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 27:1-23

Job 27:6 Human nature is a noble and beautiful thing; not a foul nor a base thing.... Have faith that God made you upright, though you have sought out many inventions; so you will strive daily to become more what your Maker meant and means you to be, and daily gives you also the power to be, and you will cling more and more to the nobleness and virtue that is in you, saying, 'My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go'. Ruskin in The Grown of Wild Olive. The great thing in the world... read more