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 vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 14Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him. But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy? 16For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant 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
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 35:15

• Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
• Job 13:15Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
• Numbers 20:12And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
• Luke 1:20and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.
• Psalms 89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
• Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
• Job 4:5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
• Psalms 88:11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
• Hosea 11:8How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
• Hebrews 12:11But no chastening at the time seems to be [matter] of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

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