King James Version
Job 27:10 in the King James Version says “Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?” — study this verse from Job chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?”
Job 27:10 · KJV
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
I 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
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Will he delight”
H6026to be soft or pliable, i.e., (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
“call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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