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 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 is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life? 9Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God? 11“I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. 12Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete 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

People and places in Job 27:10

• LORD

Cross-references for Job 27:10

• Job 22:26For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God.
• Psalms 37:4Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
• Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.
• Habakkuk 3:18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
• Psalms 78:34When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
• Matthew 13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
• Luke 18:1Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,
• Acts 10:2a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
• Ephesians 6:18praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17pray without ceasing,

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