God’s Word Translation
Job 27:9
9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon 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
7“Let my enemy be ⌞treated⌟ like wicked people. Let anyone who attacks me be ⌞treated⌟ like unrighteous people. 8After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? 10Can 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.
Read all of Job 27Job 27:9 word by word
הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 27:9
- Job 35:12Then they cry out, but he doesn’t answer them because of the arrogance of ⌞those⌟ evil people.
- Psalms 18:41They cried out for help, but there was no one to save them. They cried out to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
- Psalms 66:18If I had thought about doing anything sinful, the Lord would not have listened ⌞to me⌟.
- Psalms 109:7When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.
- Proverbs 1:28“They will call to me at that time, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me,
- Proverbs 28:9Surely the prayer of someone who refuses to listen to ⌞God’s⌟ teachings is disgusting.
- Isaiah 1:15So when you stretch out your hands ⌞in prayer⌟, I will turn my eyes away from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are covered with blood.
- Jeremiah 11:11This is what the Lord says: I’m going to bring a disaster on them that they can’t escape. Although they will cry out to me, I won’t listen to them.
- Jeremiah 14:12Even if they go without food, I won’t listen to their cries for help. Even if they sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won’t be pleased with them. But I will destroy these people with wars, famines, and plagues.”
- Ezekiel 8:18So I will take action because I’m angry, and I won’t have compassion for them or feel sorry for them. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”
- Micah 3:4Then you will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer you. He will hide his face from you at that time because you have done evil things.
- Zechariah 7:13“When I called, they wouldn’t listen. So now when they call, I won’t listen, says the Lord of Armies.
- John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. Instead, he listens to people who are devout and who do what he wants.
- James 4:3When you pray for things, you don’t get them because you want them for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.
- Hosea 7:14They don’t pray to me sincerely, even though they cry in their beds and make cuts on their bodies while praying for grain and new wine. They have turned against me.
- Luke 13:25After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, ⌞it’s too late⌟. You can stand outside, knock at the door, and say, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know who you are.’
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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