New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 35:14
14How much less when 1you say you do not behold Him, The 2case is before Him, and you must wait 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,
- 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
12There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men. 13Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! 15And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well, 16So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.”
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אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 35:14
- Job 9:11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Job 19:7“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice.
- Psalms 77:5I have considered the days of old, The years of long ago.
- Psalms 97:2Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
- Isaiah 30:18Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
- Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Psalms 27:12Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
- Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
- Psalms 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.
- Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that fears the Lord, That obeys the voice of His servant, That walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
- Romans 8:33Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one 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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