New King James Version
Job 35:15
15And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,
Job 35:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
- New International Version (NIV)and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression,
- New Living Translation (NLT)You say he does not respond to sinners with anger and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.
Context of Job 35:15
13Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it. 14Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him. And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly, 16Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Read all of Job 35Job 35:15 word by word
וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:15
- Job 9:14“How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
- Numbers 20:12Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
- Luke 1:20But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”
- Psalms 89:32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
- Job 4:5But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
- Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
- Psalms 88:11Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
- Hosea 11:8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.
- Hebrews 12:11Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Commentaries on Job 35:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15But - because it is not so - Rather, "But now, because he visiteth not in his anger." This is more literal than the versions generally proposed; and the sense of the place appears to be this: Because vengeance is not speedily executed on an evil work, therefore are the hearts of the children of men set in them to do iniquity. This is, in effect, the charge which Elihu brings against Job.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15But now, because it is not so - This verse, as it stands in our authorized translation, conveys no intelligible idea. It is evident that the translators meant to give a literal version of the Hebrew, but without understanding its sense. An examination of the principal words and phrases may enable us to ascertain the idea which was in the mind of Elihu when it was uttered. The phrase in the Hebrew here (ועתה כי־אין kı̂y -'ayin ve‛attâh ) may mean, “but…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16Elihu echoed Job's words but then disagreed with them (9:24; 12:6–10; 21:7–15, 17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. As it is, because Job waited not trustingly and patiently (Job 35:14; Nu 20:12; Zep 3:2; Mi 7:9), God hath visited ... ; yet still he has not taken (severe) cognizance of the great multitude (English Version wrongly, "extremity") of sins; therefore Job should not complain of being punished with undue severity (Job 7:20; 11:6). Maurer translates: "Because His anger hath not visited (hath not immediately punished Job for his impious complaints), nor has…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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