Job 8:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃

Transliteration

So kēn ʾorḥôt kol-šōḵĕḥê ʾēl wĕ-tiqwat ḥānēp tōʾbēd

Grammar Details

• *kēn*: adverb - so/thus
• *ʾorḥôt*: noun feminine plural construct - paths/ways of
• *kol*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
• *šōḵĕḥê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - ones forgetting
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *wĕ-tiqwat*: conjunction + noun feminine singular construct - and hope of
• *ḥānēp*: adjective masculine singular - godless/profane
• *tōʾbēd*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - perishes/is destroyed

Word Meanings

• *ʾorḥôt*: paths/ways/courses
• *šōḵĕḥê*: ones forgetting/forgetting ones/those who forget
• *ʾēl*: God/deity
• *tiqwat*: hope/expectation
• *ḥānēp*: godless/profane/impious
• *tōʾbēd*: perish/be destroyed/be lost

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 13:16 : 16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
• Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
• Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
• Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
• Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, 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, And call upon God at all times?
• Job 36:13 : 13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
• Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
• Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
• Prov 12:7 : 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Isa 51:13 : 13 and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Lam 3:18 : 18 And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
• Matt 24:51 : 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Luke 12:1-2 : 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
• Job 18:14 : 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
• Deut 6:12 : 12 then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:11 : 11 Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
• Deut 8:14 : 14 then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
• Deut 8:19 : 19 And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.