Job 27:9
Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
In Context
8For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
10Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Cross References
Job 35:12Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not.
Psalms 18:42Then I did beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did treade them flat as the clay in the streetes.
Psalms 109:7Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his eare from hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I will bring a plague vpon them, which they shall not be able to escape, and though they crye vnto me, I will not heare them.
Ezekiel 8:18Therefore will I also execute my wrath: mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I haue pitie, and though they crie in mine eares with a loude voyce, yet will I not heare 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 →