Job 27:10

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

8After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? Can he be happy with the Almighty? Can he call on God at all times? 11“I will teach you about God’s power. I will not hide what the Almighty has done. 12Certainly, you have all seen it. Why then do you chatter on about such nonsense?

Job 27:10 word by word

אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Will he delightעָנֹג‛ânag · to delightH6026
• himself in the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• will he alwaysעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• upon Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433

Cross-references for Job 27:10

• Job 22:26Then you will be happy with the Almighty and look up toward God.
• Psalms 37:4Be happy with the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
• Psalms 43:4Then let me go to the altar of God, to God my ⌞highest⌟ joy, and I will give thanks to you on the lyre, O God, my God.
• Habakkuk 3:18even then, I will be happy with the Lord. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.
• Psalms 78:34When he killed ⌞some of⌟ them, ⌞the rest⌟ searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God.
• Matthew 13:21Since he doesn’t have any root, he lasts only a little while. When suffering or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls ⌞from faith⌟.
• Luke 18:1Jesus used this illustration with his disciples to show them that they need to pray all the time and never give up.
• Acts 10:2He and everyone in his home were devout and respected God. Cornelius gave many gifts to poor Jewish people and always prayed to God.
• Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit in every situation. Use every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason be alert. Use every kind of effort and make every kind of request for all of God’s people.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17Never stop praying.

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

Topics related to Job 27:10

• Hypocrisy
• Prayerlessness
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
• Heap
• Delight
• Job, Book of
• godly, godliness, ungodly, godless, ungodliness, godlessness

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