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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 8

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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
King James Version
For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
American Standard Version
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
New English Translation
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
World English Bible
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
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If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
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He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.