New English Translation
Job 27:9
9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes 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“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous. 8For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? 10Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times? 11I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.
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הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 27:9
- Job 35:12Then they cry out – but he does not answer – because of the arrogance of the wicked.
- Psalms 18:41They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
- Psalms 66:18If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Psalms 109:7When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
- Proverbs 28:9The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
- Jeremiah 11:11So I, the Lord, say this: ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 14:12Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
- Micah 3:4Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
- Zechariah 7:13“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.
- John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
- James 4:3you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.
- Hosea 7:14They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
- Luke 13:25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come 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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