Job 27:9 · KJV
“Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?”
— Job 27:9
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job 27 — Context
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11I will teach you by the hand of God: {that} which {is} with the Almighty will I not conceal. {by...: or, being in the hand, etc}
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. {make...: Heb. multiply prayer} {blood: Heb. bloods}
Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Micah 3:4
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Psalms 18:41
They cried, but {there was} none to save {them: even} unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Job 35:12-13
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, {and} they rebel against me.
James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume {it} upon your lusts. {lusts: or, pleasures}