Christian Standard Bible
Job 27:10
10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
Job 27:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- New International Version (NIV)Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
Context of Job 27:10
8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. 12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?
Read all of Job 27Job 27:10 word by word
אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 27:10
- Job 22:26Then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
- Psalms 37:4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will come to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God.
- Habakkuk 3:18yet I will celebrate in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Psalms 78:34When he killed some of them, the rest began to seek him; they repented and searched for God.
- Matthew 13:21But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
- Luke 18:1Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.
- Acts 10:2He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.
- Ephesians 6:18Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17pray constantly,
Commentaries on Job 27:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? - A truly pious man will delight himself in the Almighty. His supreme happiness will be found in God. He has pleasure in the contemplation of his existence, his perfections, his law, and his government. Coverdale renders this, “Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty that he dare alway call upon God?” The idea of Job is that a hypocrite has not his delight in the Almighty; and, therefore, his condition is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 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? The more comfort we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it. Those who have no delight in God, are easily drawn away by the pleasures, and easily overcome by the crosses of this life. (Job…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-23Some interpreters think this is a new speech by Zophar. Without it, Zophar has no speech in this cycle.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Alluding to Job 22:26. always call--He may do so in times of prosperity in order to be thought religious. But he will not, as I do, call on God in calamities verging on death. Therefore I cannot be a "hypocrite" (Job 19:25; 20:5; Psa 62:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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