Job 27:10
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?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- KJV
- Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- WEB
- Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
- ASV
- Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
- DARBY
- Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon God?
- BLB
- Indeed will he delight himself upon Shaddai? Will he call upon God at any time?
- ÅB
- Eller kan han glede seg i den Allmektige, kan han påkalle Gud til enhver tid?
- OTB
- Vil han finne glede i Den Allmektige?
Vil han påkalle Gud til alle tider? - B1930
- Eller kan han glede sig i den Allmektige, kan han påkalle Gud til enhver tid?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 22:26–27
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Read in contextPsalms 37:4
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Read in contextPsalms 43:4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Read in contextPsalms 78:34–36
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Read in contextLuke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Read in contextActs 10:2
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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