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Job 27:10
10People like that are not happy that Almighty God is their friend. They do not like to pray to him all the time.
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
8When God chooses to remove wicked people, they cannot hope for any good thing. God will cause them to die. 9When they are in trouble and they pray for help, God will not listen to them. People like that are not happy that Almighty God is their friend. They do not like to pray to him all the time. 11I will teach you about the power of Almighty God. I will explain to you what he is thinking. 12You yourselves have all seen what God has done. So you should stop saying all these useless things!
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אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 27:10
- Job 22:26You will be happy that Almighty God is your friend. You will look up to him to help you.
- Psalms 37:4Be happy that the Lord is your friend. He will give you what you most want.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to your altar, to worship you, the God who makes me happy. You are my God and I will praise you there. I will sing to thank you, God, with my harp.
- Habakkuk 3:18I will still sing to thank the Lord! I will be happy because God is the one who makes me safe.
- Psalms 78:34When God killed some of them, the other people turned to God. They were sorry and they prayed to him.
- Matthew 13:21But they are like plants that have not grown down well into the soil. So they only believe for a short time. They may have problems. Or other people may do bad things to them, because they obey God's message. When that happens, these people soon stop believing.
- Luke 18:1Then Jesus told his disciples a story. He wanted to teach them that they must go on praying always. They must not get tired.
- Acts 10:2Cornelius was a good man. He and all his family served God faithfully. Cornelius prayed to God every day. He also gave money to help poor Jewish people.
- Ephesians 6:18As you stand strongly like that, always pray for God's help. Pray about everything as God's Spirit helps you to pray. For this purpose, watch carefully all the time. Also, continue to pray for all God's people everywhere.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray at all times.
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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