Job 27:9
Good News Translation
When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?

New Revised Standard Version
Will God hear their cry when trouble comes upon them?

Contemporary English Version
without listening when they beg for mercy.

New American Bible
Will God then listen to his cry when distress comes upon him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Will God

Job 35:12,13 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. . . .

Psalm 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

Psalm 66:18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

Psalm 109:7 When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.

Proverbs 1:28 Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15 And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:11 Wherefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring in evils upon them, which they shall not be able to escape: and they shall cry to me, and I will not hearken to them.

Jeremiah 14:12 When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence.

Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore I also will deal with them in my wrath: my eye shall not spare them, neither will I shew mercy: and when they shall cry to my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

Micah 3:4 Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

Zechariah 7:13 And it came to pass that as he spoke, and they heard not: so shall they cry, and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.

John 9:31 Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.

James 4:3 You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

his cry

Hosea 7:14 And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me.

Luke 13:25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

Context
The Wicked Man's Portion
8For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? 9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?10Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45
And when you returned and wept before the Lord, he heard you not, neither would he yield to your voice.

Job 35:12
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 35:13
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

Psalm 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

Psalm 66:18
If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

Proverbs 1:27
Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:

Proverbs 1:28
Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Isaiah 1:15
And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence.

Micah 3:4
Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

Job 27:8
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