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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 9

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For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
King James Version
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
American Standard Version
Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
New English Translation
Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?
World English Bible
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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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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If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
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He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.