Tree of Life Version
Job 27:10
10Will he delight in Shaddai? Will he call upon God at all times?
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 King James Version (NKJV)Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
Context of Job 27:10
8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul? 9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? Will he delight in Shaddai? Will he call upon God at all times? 11I will teach you about the hand of God; I will not conceal the ways of Shaddai. 12Look, you have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
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אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 27:10
- Job 22:26Surely then Shaddai will be your delight and you will lift up your face to God.
- Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in Adonai, and He will give you the requests of your heart.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will come to the altar of God, to the God of my exceeding joy, and praise You upon the harp —O God, my God.
- Habakkuk 3:18Yet will I triumph in Adonai, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Psalms 78:34But when He slew them, then they sought Him, and turned back, and desired God eagerly.
- Matthew 13:21Yet he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
- Luke 18:1Then Yeshua told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not be discouraged,
- Acts 10:2He was a devout man, revering God with all his household. He gave tzadakah generously to the people and prayed to God continually.
- Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Ruach on every occasion, with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, keep alert with perseverance and supplication for all the kedoshim.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17pray constantly,
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
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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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