Christian Standard Bible
Job 36:13
13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
Job 36:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- New International Version (NIV)“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
Context of Job 36:13
11If they listen and serve him, they will end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness. 12But if they do not listen, they will cross the river of death and die without knowledge. Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help. 14They die in their youth; their life ends among male cult prostitutes. 15God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; he instructs them by their torment.
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וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:13
- Numbers 32:14And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your ancestors’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:13They said to them, “You must not bring the captives here, for you plan to bring guilt on us from the Lord to add to our sins and our guilt. For we have much guilt, and burning anger is on Israel.”
- Romans 2:5Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- Job 15:4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him.
- Job 27:8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 35:9People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.
- Matthew 22:12So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.
- Job 36:8If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction,
- Psalms 107:10Others sat in darkness and gloom — prisoners in cruel chains —
Commentaries on Job 36:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey, the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - "Though he binds…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath - By their continued impiety they lay the foundation for increasing and multiplied expressions of the divine displeasure. Instead of confessing their sins when they are afflicted, and seeking for pardon: instead of returning to God and becoming truly his friends, they remaian impenitent, unconverted, and are rebellious at heart. They complain of the divine government and plans, and their feelings and conduct make…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- 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
- EGW Writings
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