Job 27:9

Job 27:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?

Context of Job 27:9

7“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust! 8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them? 10Will 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.

Job 27:9 word by word

הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Will Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• his cryצְעָקָהtsa‛ăqâh · cryH6818
• when troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Job 27:9

• Job 35:12He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.
• Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer.
• Psalms 66:18If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
• Psalms 109:7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
• Proverbs 1:28“Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
• Proverbs 28:9If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
• Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
• Jeremiah 14:12Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
• Zechariah 7:13“ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.
• John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
• James 4:3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
• Luke 13:25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or 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

Topics related to Job 27:9

• Hypocrisy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
• Heap
• Job, Book of
• cry, cry out, outcry

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