“Or will he take pleasure in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
Parallel translations
- WEB Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
- KJV Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- 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?
- 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
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 37:4Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Job 22:26–27For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
- Hab 3:18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
- 1 Th 5:17Pray without ceasing.
- Ps 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
- Acts 10:2a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
- Luke 18:1He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
- Eph 6:18with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
- Ps 78:34–36When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
- Matt 13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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