English Standard Version
Job 35:13
13Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.
Context of Job 35:13
11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?' 12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it. 14How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him! 15And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression,
Read all of Job 35Job 35:13 word by word
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 lay up his words in your heart.
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
- Proverbs 28:9If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
- Jeremiah 11:11Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
- Hosea 8:2To me they cry, "My God, we—Israel—know you."
- Matthew 6:7"And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
- Matthew 20:21And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."
- James 4:3You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
- Job 30:20I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
- Psalms 102:17he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
- Amos 5:22Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them.
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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