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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?

Context of Job 27:10

8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life? 9Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them? Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times? 11“I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal. 12You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

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 22:26Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
• Psalms 37:4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
• Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
• Habakkuk 3:18yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
• Psalms 78:34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
• Matthew 13:21But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
• Luke 18:1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
• Acts 10:2He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.
• Ephesians 6:18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17pray continually,

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