King James Version (KJV)
Job 27:8
“For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?”
Verse in context — Job 27
6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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