Job 27:9

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 punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.

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 35:12And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.
• Psalms 18:41They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
• Psalms 66:18If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
• Psalms 109:7When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins.
• Proverbs 1:28“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
• Proverbs 28:9God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law.
• Isaiah 1:15When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
• Jeremiah 11:11Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
• Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”
• Micah 3:4Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”
• Zechariah 7:13“Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
• John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.
• James 4:3And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.
• Luke 13:25When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘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