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 the animals of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’ 12There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil people. God certainly will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. 14How much less when you say you do not look at Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! 15And now, because He has not avenged His anger, Nor has He acknowledged wrongdoing well,

Job 35:13 word by word

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

• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• certainlyאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• will not listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• an emptyשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• Norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• regardשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789

Cross-references for Job 35:13

• Job 22:22Please receive instruction from His mouth, And put His words in your heart.
• Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life?
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Proverbs 28:9One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, and approach to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.
• Isaiah 1:15So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you offer many prayers, I will not be listening. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry out to Me, I will not listen to them.
• Hosea 7:14And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn against Me.
• Hosea 8:2They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”
• Matthew 6:7“And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.
• Matthew 20:21And He said to her, “What do you desire?” She said to Him, “Say that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine shall sit, one at Your right, and one at Your left.”
• James 4:3You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures.
• Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
• Psalms 102:17He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
• Amos 5:22Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened oxen.

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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• 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