Job 27:9
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
In Context
8For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
10On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Cross References
Job 35:12There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
Psalms 18:42And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
Psalms 109:7In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
Proverbs 28:9Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.
Ezekiel 8:18And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears — a loud voice — and I do not hear 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 →