Job 27:10
Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
In Context
9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
11I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.
Cross References
Psalms 14:4Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread ?
Psalms 43:4And I will go in to the altar of God : to God who giveth joy to my youth.
Habakkuk 3:18But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus.
Luke 18:1And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint,
Ephesians 6:18By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit; and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:
Matthew Henry on Job 27:8-11
Condition of Hypocrites. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? Job having solemnly protested the satisfaction he had in his integrity, for the further clearing of himself, here expresses the dread he had of being found a hypocrite.… Read the whole commentary →