Job 27:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃

Transliteration

haṣṣaʿăqāṯô yišmaʿ ʾēl kî-ṯāḇôʾ ʿālāyw ṣārâ

Grammar Details

• *haṣṣaʿăqāṯô*: interrogative particle + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his cry
• *yišmaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will hear
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *kî-ṯāḇôʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - when comes
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him
• *ṣārâ*: noun feminine singular - distress/trouble

Word Meanings

• *ṣəʿāqâ*: cry/outcry
• *šāmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
• *ʾēl*: God/deity
• *bôʾ*: come/enter/go
• *ṣārâ*: distress/trouble/adversity

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:28 : 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
• Isa 1:15 : 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.
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
• Job 35:12-13 : 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
• Ps 66:18 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
• Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
• Luke 13:25 : 25 When once {G302} the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, {G2962} open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
• John 9:31 : 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
• Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.
• Hos 7:14 : 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
• Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
• Ps 109:7 : 7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.