Christian Standard Bible
Job 27:9
9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?
Job 27:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
- New International Version (NIV)Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?
Context of Job 27:9
7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. 8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? 10Will 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.
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הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 27:9
- Job 35:12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil people.
- Psalms 18:41They cry for help, but there is no one to save them — they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
- Psalms 66:18If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Psalms 109:7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin.
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.
- Proverbs 28:9Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law — even his prayer is detestable.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Jeremiah 11:11“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them.
- Jeremiah 14:12If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they call loudly in my hearing, I will not listen to them.”
- Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.
- Zechariah 7:13Just as he had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen, says the Lord of Armies.
- John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to him.
- James 4:3You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry to me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.
- Luke 13:25once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’
Commentaries on Job 27:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? - Coverdale has rendered this Job 27:8-9 so as to make excellent sense, though not strictly in accordance with the original. “What hope hath the hypocrite though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart‘s desire? Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity?” The object of the verse is to show the miserable condition of a wicked man or a hypocrite. This…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. 99. (Psa 66:18).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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