Job 27:10
Has he any confidence before him? 1 Or will God hear him as he calls upon him? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
In Context
9Will God hear his prayer? 1 Or, when distress has come upon him, 1
Cross References
Psalms 14:4In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, 1 But he honors them that fear the Lord. 1 He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints him not. 1
Psalms 43:4For they inherited not the land by their own sword, 1 And their own arm did not deliver them; 1 But thy right hand, and thine arm, 1 And the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them. 1
Habakkuk 3:18Yet I will exult in the Lord, 1 I will joy in God my Savior. 1
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 →