KJV King James Version
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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Job 27:10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
WEB World English Bible
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
ASV American Standard Version
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Surrounding context — Job 27
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
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Psalm 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.Job 22:26-27For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.Habakkuk 3:18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray without ceasing.Psalm 43:4Then 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.Ephesians 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;Psalm 78:34-36When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.Matthew 13:21Yet 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.Luke 18:1And 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.
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