Job 27:10

Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?

Leeser Tanakh

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 cometh upon him?

11I will instruct you concerning what is in the hand of God: [the way] which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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Cross References

Psalms 14:4Is there no knowledge in all the workers of wickedness? who eat up my people as they eat bread; [while] they do not call on the Lord.

Psalms 43:4That I may go unto the altar of God, unto God the joy of my gladness; and that I may thank thee upon the harp, O God, my God.

Habakkuk 3:18Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will exult in the God of my salvation.

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 →

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