Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Parallel translations
- WEB Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
- BSB Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- NKJV Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
- NASB “Or will he take pleasure in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
- NLT Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?
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Quick answer
Job asks whether the godless delights in God or prays at all times. It matters because true relationship with God is shown by constant delight and prayer.
Overview
Job continues that the godless man does not delight himself in the Almighty nor call on God in every season, but only when desperate. Genuine faith finds its joy in God and seeks Him continually, not merely in emergencies. This portrait of constant delight in God describes the very life into which Christ brings His people through abiding fellowship.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 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.
- Hab 3:18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- 1 Th 5:17Pray without ceasing.
- Ps 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.
- Acts 10:2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
- Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Eph 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Ps 78:34–36When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- Matt 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.
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