God’s Word Translation
Job 36:13
13But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don’t even call for help when he chains them up.
Job 36:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- New International Version (NIV)“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
Context of Job 36:13
11“If righteous people listen and serve ⌞him⌟, they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort. 12But if they don’t listen, they will cross the River ⌞of Death⌟ and die like those who have no knowledge. But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don’t even call for help when he chains them up. 14They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols. 15He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress.
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וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:13
- Numbers 32:14“You’re just like your parents! You’re a bunch of sinners trying to make the Lord angry with Israel again.
- 2 Chronicles 28:13They said to the army, “Don’t bring the prisoners here. You’ll make us responsible for this sin against the Lord. Do you intend to add to all our sins? The Lord is very angry with Israel because we have already sinned.”
- Romans 2:5Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.
- Job 15:4Yes, you destroy the fear ⌞of God⌟ and diminish devotion to God.
- Job 27:8After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 35:9The weight of oppression makes them cry out. The power of mighty people makes them call for help.
- Matthew 22:12He said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without proper wedding clothes?’ “The man had nothing to say.
- Job 36:8However, if righteous people are bound in chains and tangled in ropes of misery,
- Psalms 107:10Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
Commentaries on Job 36:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey, the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - "Though he binds…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath - By their continued impiety they lay the foundation for increasing and multiplied expressions of the divine displeasure. Instead of confessing their sins when they are afflicted, and seeking for pardon: instead of returning to God and becoming truly his friends, they remaian impenitent, unconverted, and are rebellious at heart. They complain of the divine government and plans, and their feelings and conduct make…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- 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
- EGW Writings
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