New English Translation
Job 35:13
13Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.
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 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. Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it. 14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him! 15And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!
Read all of Job 35Job 35:13 word by word
אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 35:13
- Job 22:22Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.
- Job 27:8For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Proverbs 15:8The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
- Proverbs 28:9The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
- Jeremiah 11:11So I, the Lord, say this: ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
- Hosea 7:14They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
- Hosea 8:2Israel cries out to me, “My God, we acknowledge you!”
- Matthew 6:7When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
- Matthew 20:21He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
- James 4:3you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.
- Job 30:20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.
- Psalms 102:17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
- Amos 5:22Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.
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
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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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