Job 27:9

Will God hear his prayer? 1 Or, when distress has come upon him, 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

In Context

8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? 1 Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved? 1

10Has he any confidence before him? 1 Or will God hear him as he calls upon him? 1

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Cross References

Job 35:12There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, 1 Even because of the insolence of wicked men. 1

Psalms 109:7He shall drink of the brook in the way; 1 Therefore shall he lift up the head.

Proverbs 28:9He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, 1 Even he has made his prayer abominable. 1

Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evils upon this people, out of which they shall not be able to come forth; and they shall presently cry to me, but I will not hearken to them.

Ezekiel 8:18Therefore will I deal with them in wrath: mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy.

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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