Job 27 · Verse 10

Job 27:10

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job 27:10, King James Version

Job 27:10 in other translations

BSBWill he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
WEBWill he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
ASVWill he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
YLTOn the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
DARBYDoth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon God?
BBEWill he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
WebsterWill he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

What does Job 27:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Alluding to Job 22:26. always call--He may do so in times of prosperity in order to be thought religious. But he will not, as I do, call on God in calamities verging on death. Therefore I cannot be a "hypocrite" (Job 19:25; 20:5; Psa 62:8).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 27:7-10

Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would that avail when God required their souls? The more comfort we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it. Those who have no delight in God, are easily drawn away by the pleasures, and easily overcome by the…

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Job 27:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-or?H518
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שַׁדַּ֥יsha.Dai[the] AlmightyH7706
יִתְעַנָּ֑גyit.'a.Nagwill he take delightH6026
יִקְרָ֖אyik.Ra'will he call on?H7121
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433
בְּכָל\־be.kholat everyH3605
עֵֽת\׃'EttimeH6256

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 27:10

  • Job 22:26-27

    For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

  • Psalms 37:4

    Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

  • Habakkuk 3:18

    Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  • Psalms 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.

  • Psalms 78:34-36

    When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

  • Luke 18:1

    And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

  • Acts 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.

  • Ephesians 6:18

    Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:17

    Pray without ceasing.

  • Matthew 13:21

    Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
delight.
22:26,27; Ps 37:4; 43:4; Hab 3:18
will he always.
Ps 78:34-36; Mt 13:21; Lu 18:1; Ac 10:2; Eph 6:18; 1Th 5:17

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Context

  • Job 27:9

    Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

  • Job 27:10

    Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

  • Job 27:11

    I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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Job 27:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Deleitaráse en el Omnipotente? ¿invocará á Dios en todo tiempo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Trouvera-t-il ses délices dans le Tout-puissant? Invoquera-t-il ✝Dieu en tout temps?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Oder wird er sich an dem Allmächtigen ergötzen, Gott anrufen zu aller Zeit?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?