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Contemporary English Version

Job 27:9

without listening when they beg for mercy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hypocrisy;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Hearing;   Hope;   Hypocrisy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hypocrites;   Prayer, Answers to;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;   Providence;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Will God hear his crywhen distress comes on him?
Hebrew Names Version
Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?
King James Version
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
English Standard Version
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
New Century Version
God will not listen to their cries when trouble comes to them.
New English Translation
Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?
Amplified Bible
"Will God hear his cry When trouble and distress come upon him?
New American Standard Bible
"Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?
World English Bible
Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Legacy Standard Bible
Will God hear his cryWhen distress comes upon him?
Berean Standard Bible
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Complete Jewish Bible
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
Darby Translation
Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
Easy-to-Read Version
When they have troubles and cry out for help, God will not listen to them!
George Lamsa Translation
For God will not hear his prayer when trouble comes upon him.
Good News Translation
When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?
Lexham English Bible
Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?
Literal Translation
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Doth God heare him the sooner, whe he crieth vnto him in his necessite?
American Standard Version
Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
Bible in Basic English
Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
King James Version (1611)
Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Will God heare his crye, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
English Revised Version
Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether God schal here the cry of hym, whanne angwisch schal come on hym?
Update Bible Version
Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?
Webster's Bible Translation
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
New King James Version
Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?
New Living Translation
Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
New Life Bible
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
New Revised Standard
Will God hear their cry when trouble comes upon them?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
Revised Standard Version
Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?
Young's Literal Translation
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?

Contextual Overview

7 I pray that my enemies will suffer no less than the wicked. 8 Such people are hopeless, and God All-Powerful will cut them down, 9 without listening when they beg for mercy. 10 And that is what God should do, because they don't like him or ever pray.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Will God: Job 35:12, Job 35:13, Psalms 18:41, Psalms 66:18, Psalms 109:7, Proverbs 1:28, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 11:11, Jeremiah 14:12, Ezekiel 8:18, Micah 3:4, Zechariah 7:13, John 9:31, James 4:3

his cry: Hosea 7:14, Luke 13:25

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 8:18 - will not hear 2 Samuel 22:42 - unto the Lord Job 3:26 - yet trouble came Job 16:18 - let my cry Job 30:20 - I cry Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast been

Cross-References

Judges 13:15
"Please," Manoah said, "stay here with us for just a little while, and we'll fix a young goat for you to eat."
1 Samuel 16:20
Jesse loaded a donkey with bread and a goatskin full of wine, then he told David to take the donkey and a young goat to Saul.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh, upon him?] No, he will not, he heareth not sinners, and such as regard iniquity in their hearts, Psalms 66:18; every man has trouble more or less in this life, even the best of men; and generally speaking they have the most, and wicked men the least; but when death comes, he is a king of terrors to them, and they find sorrow and trouble; and especially at the day of judgment, when they will cry for mercy; and hypocrites, as the foolish virgins, will cry, "Lord, Lord, open unto us", Matthew 25:11; but when they call for mercy, the Lord will not answer, but laugh at their calamity, and mock when their fear cometh, Proverbs 1:26; but God hears the cries of his people when in, trouble, whether in, life, or, in death, and is a present help unto them; and when, strength and heart fail, he is their portion, and will be so for evermore; and though sometimes they think he does not hear them, as Job sometimes complains, yet he makes it appear that he does sooner or later, and so Job describes himself as one that "calleth upon God, and he answereth him", Job 12:4; and therefore might conclude he was no hypocrite.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? - Coverdale has rendered this Job 27:8-9 so as to make excellent sense, though not strictly in accordance with the original. “What hope hath the hypocrite though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart’s desire? Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity?” The object of the verse is to show the miserable condition of a wicked man or a hypocrite. This is shown by the fact which Job asserts, that God will not hear his cry when he feels his need of aid, and when he is induced to call upon him. This is true only when his object in calling upon God is merely for help. If he has no relentings for his sin, and no real confidence in God; if he calls upon him in trouble, intending to return to his sins as soon as the trouble is over, or if such is the state of his mind that God sees that he would return to his sins as soon as his calamities cease, then he cannot be expected to hear him. But if he comes with a penitent heart, and with a sincere purpose to forsake his sins and to devote himself to God, there is no reason to doubt that he would bear him. The argument of Job is in the main sound. It is, that if a man wishes the favor of God, and the assurance that he will hear his prayer, he must lead a holy life. A hypocrite cannot expect his favor: compare the notes at Isaiah 1:15.


 
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