English Standard Version
Job 35:14
14How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
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,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait.
Context of Job 35:14
12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it. How 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, 16Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge."
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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 9:11Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
- Job 23:3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
- Job 9:19If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
- Job 19:7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
- Psalms 77:5I consider the days of old, the years long ago.
- Psalms 97:2Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Isaiah 30:18Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Isaiah 54:17no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord."
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
- Psalms 27:12Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
- Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.
- Psalms 62:5For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
- Romans 8:33Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
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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