Christian Standard Bible
Job 35:13
13Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it —
Job 35:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
- New International Version (NIV)Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
Context of Job 35:13
11who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” 12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil people. Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it — 14how much less when you complain that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you are waiting for him. 15But now, because God’s anger does not punish and he does not pay attention to transgression,
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אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:13
- Job 22:22Receive instruction from his mouth, and place his sayings in your heart.
- Job 27:8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Proverbs 28:9Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law — even his prayer is detestable.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Jeremiah 11:11“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them.
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry to me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.
- Hosea 8:2Israel cries out to me, “My God, we know you!”
- Matthew 6:7When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.
- Matthew 20:21“What do you want?” he asked her. “Promise,” she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”
- James 4:3You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
- Job 30:20I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me; when I stand up, you merely look at me.
- Psalms 102:17He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.
- Amos 5:22Even if you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will have no regard for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.
Commentaries on Job 35:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Surely God will not hear vanity - He will not attend to such vain cries; they cry from their oppressions, but they cry not to God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Surely God will not hear vanity - A vain, hollow, heartless petition. The object of Elihu here is to account for the reason why sufferers are not relieved - having his eye, doubtless, on the case of Job as one of the most remarkable of the kind. The solution which he here gives of the difficulty is, that it is not consistent for God to hear a prayer where there is no sincerity. Of the “truth” of the remark there can be no doubt, but he seems to have taken…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition is dark and melancholy…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. But the reason is that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succor; so to their "pride" is to be laid the blame of their ruin; also because (Job 35:13-16) they, as Job, instead of waiting God's time in pious trust, are prone to despair of His justice, when it is not immediately visible (Job 33:19-26). If the sufferer would apply to God with a humbled, penitent spirit, He would hear. Where, &c.--(Jr 2:6, 8; Is 51:13). songs--of…Read the comment
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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
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