New English Translation
Job 35:10
10But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
Job 35:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
- New International Version (NIV)But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
- English Standard Version (ESV)But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
- New King James Version (NKJV)But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
Context of Job 35:10
8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. 9“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty. But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night, 11who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’ 12Then they cry out – but he does not answer – because of the arrogance of the wicked.
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וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:10
- Job 36:13The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.
- Isaiah 8:21They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1So remember your Creator in the days of your youth – before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
- Isaiah 51:13Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
- 1 Peter 4:19So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.
- Job 32:22for I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.
- Job 36:3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.
- Psalms 77:6I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.
- Psalms 119:62In the middle of the night I arise to thank you for your just regulations.
- Psalms 149:5Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
Commentaries on Job 35:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Where is God my Maker - They have no just apprehension of his being; they do not consider themselves his creatures, or that he who created them still preserves them, and would make them happy if they would pray unto him. Who giveth songs in the night - This is variously translated. "Before whom the high angels give praise in the night." - Chaldee. "Who sets the night-watches." - Septuagint. "Gives meditations in the night." - Syriac and Arabic. "And that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But none saith - That is, none of the oppressed and down-trodden say. This is the solution which Elihu gives of what appeared so mysterious to Job, and of what Elihu regarded as the source of the bitter complaints of Job. The solution is, that when people are oppressed they do not apply to God with a proper spirit, and look to him that they may find relief. It was a principle with Elihu, that if when a man was afflicted he would apply to God with a humble…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
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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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