Job 27:9

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

American King James Version (AKJV)

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

Webster's Revision

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

World English Bible

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

English Revised Version (ERV)

Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?

Barnes's Job 27:9 Bible Commentary

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.