New Living Translation
Job 35:10
10Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one 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
8No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans. 9“People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty. Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night? 11Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’ 12And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.
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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 36:13For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium
- 2 Chronicles 28:22Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.
- Isaiah 8:21They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
- Isaiah 51:13Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!
- 1 Peter 4:19So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.
- Job 32:22For if I tried flattery, my Creator would soon destroy me.
- Job 36:3I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator.
- Isaiah 54:5For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.
- Psalms 42:8But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.
- Psalms 77:6when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.
- Psalms 119:62I rise at midnight to thank you for your just regulations.
- Psalms 149:5Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.
- Acts 16:25Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
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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