Job 35:13

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.

Context of Job 35:13

11who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’ 12Then they cry out, but he doesn’t answer them because of the arrogance of ⌞those⌟ evil people. “Surely, God doesn’t listen to idle complaints. The Almighty doesn’t even pay attention to them. 14Although you say that you pay attention to him, your case is in front of him, but you’ll have to wait for him. 15And now ⌞you say⌟ that his anger doesn’t punish ⌞anyone⌟ and he isn’t too concerned about evil.

Job 35:13 word by word

אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Surely Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• will not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• vanityשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• neither will the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• regardשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789

Cross-references for Job 35:13

• Job 22:22Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart.
• Job 27:8After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
• Proverbs 15:8A sacrifice brought by wicked people is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayers of decent people please him.
• Proverbs 28:9Surely the prayer of someone who refuses to listen to ⌞God’s⌟ teachings is disgusting.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1Watch your step when you go to the house of God. It is better to go there and listen than to bring the sacrifices fools bring. Fools are unaware that they are doing ⌞something⌟ evil.
• Isaiah 1:15So when you stretch out your hands ⌞in prayer⌟, I will turn my eyes away from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are covered with blood.
• Jeremiah 11:11This is what the Lord says: I’m going to bring a disaster on them that they can’t escape. Although they will cry out to me, I won’t listen to them.
• Hosea 7:14They don’t pray to me sincerely, even though they cry in their beds and make cuts on their bodies while praying for grain and new wine. They have turned against me.
• Hosea 8:2They cry out to me, ‘We acknowledge you as our God.’
• Matthew 6:7“When you pray, don’t ramble like heathens who think they’ll be heard if they talk a lot.
• Matthew 20:21“What do you want?” he asked her. She said to him, “Promise that one of my sons will sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”
• James 4:3When you pray for things, you don’t get them because you want them for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.
• Job 30:20“I call to you for help, but you don’t answer me. I stand up, but you just look at me.
• Psalms 102:17He will turn his attention to the prayers of those who have been abandoned. He will not despise their prayers.
• Amos 5:22Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won’t accept them. I won’t even look at the fellowship offerings of your choicest animals.

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

Topics related to Job 35:13

• Wicked (People)

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• God
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• Elihu
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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