Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
In Context
8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
Cross References
Job 35:12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Psalms 18:42I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
Psalms 109:7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
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 →