New International Version
Job 35:10
10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, 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;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?
Context of Job 35:10
8Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. 9“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful. But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, 11who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’ 12He does not answer when people cry out 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 36:13“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.
- Isaiah 8:21Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
- Isaiah 51:13that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
- 1 Peter 4:19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- Job 32:22for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.
- Job 36:3I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
- Isaiah 54:5For your Maker is your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 77:6I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
- Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
- Psalms 149:5Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other 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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