Job 27:9
הַֽצַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּֽי ־ תָבוֹא עָלָיו צָרָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
In Context
8כִּי מַה ־ תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃
10אִם ־ עַל ־ שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּכָל ־ עֵֽת ׃
Cross References
Job 35:12שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים ׃
Psalms 18:42יְשַׁוְּעוּ וְאֵין ־ מוֹשִׁיעַ עַל ־ יְהוָה וְלֹא עָנָֽם ׃
Psalms 109:7בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ יֵצֵא רָשָׁע וּתְפִלָּתוֹ תִּהְיֶה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה ׃
Proverbs 28:9מֵסִיר אָזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה גַּֽם ־ תְּפִלָּתוֹ תּוֹעֵבָֽה ׃
Jeremiah 11:11לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֲלֵיהֶם רָעָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יוּכְלוּ לָצֵאת מִמֶּנָּה וְזָעֲקוּ אֵלַי וְלֹא אֶשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶֽם ׃
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 →