Job 35:15

Job 35:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
• New International Version (NIV)and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,

Context of Job 35:15

13Surely God will not hear an emptycry, Neither will the Almighty regard it. 14How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him! But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 35:15 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639

Cross-references for Job 35:15

• Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?
• Job 13:15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
• Numbers 20:12And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
• Luke 1:20And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
• Psalms 89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
• Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Job 4:5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
• Psalms 88:11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
• Hosea 11:8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
• Hebrews 12:11All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

Commentaries on Job 35:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15But - because it is not so - Rather, "But now, because he visiteth not in his anger." This is more literal than the versions generally proposed; and the sense of the place appears to be this: Because vengeance is not speedily executed on an evil work, therefore are the hearts of the children of men set in them to do iniquity. This is, in effect, the charge which Elihu brings against Job.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15But now, because it is not so - This verse, as it stands in our authorized translation, conveys no intelligible idea. It is evident that the translators meant to give a literal version of the Hebrew, but without understanding its sense. An examination of the principal words and phrases may enable us to ascertain the idea which was in the mind of Elihu when it was uttered. The phrase in the Hebrew here (ועתה כי־אין kı̂y -'ayin ve‛attâh ) may mean, “but…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-16Verses 14-16 As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must be as this day, is as absurd as to think that the weather, when either fair or foul, will be always so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16Elihu echoed Job's words but then disagreed with them (9:24; 12:6–10; 21:7–15, 17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. As it is, because Job waited not trustingly and patiently (Job 35:14; Nu 20:12; Zep 3:2; Mi 7:9), God hath visited ... ; yet still he has not taken (severe) cognizance of the great multitude (English Version wrongly, "extremity") of sins; therefore Job should not complain of being punished with undue severity (Job 7:20; 11:6). Maurer translates: "Because His anger hath not visited (hath not immediately punished Job for his impious complaints), nor has…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Advantage
• Elihu
• Heaven
• Extreme; Extremity

Commentaries on Job 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary