EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 35:14
14So God will certainly not listen to you, Job, when you say that you cannot see him. You say that you have explained your problem to him. You are waiting for him to give you an answer.
Job 35:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- New International Version (NIV)How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,
- English Standard Version (ESV)How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
Context of Job 35:14
12Finally, they call for help. But God does not answer them, because they are proud and wicked people. 13Their prayers mean nothing. Almighty God does not even listen to them. So God will certainly not listen to you, Job, when you say that you cannot see him. You say that you have explained your problem to him. You are waiting for him to give you an answer. 15You also say that God does not become angry with people who do wrong things. You say that he does not punish bad people. 16So, Job, you do not understand what you are saying. You speak a lot of words but they do not mean anything.’
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אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:14
- Job 9:11When God passes in front of me, I do not see him. If he moves further away, I do not see where he has gone.
- Job 23:3I would like to know where to find him. Then I could go to the place where he lives.
- Job 9:19If I tried to fight God, he is much stronger than I am. And if I ask for justice, who can bring God to court?
- Job 19:7If I shout, “Help me, I am in trouble!” nobody answers me. I shout to get help, but nobody comes to give me justice.
- Psalms 77:5I think about my life long ago, in the years that have passed.
- Psalms 97:2Dark clouds are all round the Lord. He rules with justice, and he is fair to everyone.
- Isaiah 30:18So the Lord is waiting for the right time to be kind to you. He is ready to show his great love for you. The Lord God does what is right and fair. Everyone who waits for him to come and help them is a happy person!
- Isaiah 54:17But nobody can make a weapon that will beat you, when your enemies attack you. If people accuse you of bad things, you will show that they are wrong. That is what the Lord will do as a gift for his servants. Yes, I will show that they are right.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I will watch for what the Lord will do. I will wait for God, who saves me. I know that he hears me.
- Psalms 27:12Do not give me to my enemies. They say false things against me, so that they can destroy me.
- Psalms 37:5Let the Lord be your guide into the future. Trust in him and he will help you.
- Psalms 62:5I must be patient as I wait for God to help me. He is the only one that I can trust for help.
- Isaiah 50:10Do any of you respect the Lord with fear? Do any of you obey his servant's message? Are you walking in a place that is completely dark, where there is no light? Then you should trust in the Lord as the God who will help you.
- Romans 8:33Nobody can say that God's people are guilty. God himself has accepted us as right with him.
Commentaries on Job 35:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thou sayest thou shalt not see Him - Several MSS. have "Thou shalt not see me," and the Septuagint, and one other, "Thou shalt not see us," but without the points, תשורנו , the original may be read see Him or see Us, the third person singular, or the first person plural. Yet judgment is before him - Rest assured that God has not forgotten either to punish or to save; therefore trust in him; choose to be a monument of his mercy, rather than of his justice.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him - This is addressed to Job, and is designed to entreat him to trust in God. Elihu seems to refer to some remark that Job had made, like that in Job 23:8, where he said that he could not come near him, nor bring his cause before him. If he went to the east, the west, thc north, or the south, he could not see him, and could get no opportunity of bringing his cause before him: see the notes at that place. Elihu…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him--(as a temporal deliverer; for he did look for a Redeemer after death, Job 19:25-27; which passage cannot consistently with Elihu's assertion here be interpreted of "seeing" a temporal "redeemer"), Job 7:7; 9:11; 23:3, 8, 9; yet, judgment ... ; therefore trust ... But the Hebrew favors Maurer, "How much less (will God ... regard, Job 35:13), since thou sayest, that He does not regard thee." So in Job 4:19…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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