Job 35:13

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

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. But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned. 14You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait. 15You say he does not respond to sinners with anger and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.

Job 35:13 word by word

אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Surely Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• will not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• vanityשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• neither will the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• regardשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789

Cross-references for Job 35:13

• Job 22:22Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart.
• Job 27:8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
• Proverbs 15:8The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.
• Proverbs 28:9God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.
• Isaiah 1:15When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
• Jeremiah 11:11Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.
• Hosea 8:2Now Israel pleads with me, ‘Help us, for you are our God!’
• Matthew 6:7“When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.
• Matthew 20:21“What is your request?” he asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”
• James 4:3And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
• Job 30:20“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
• Psalms 102:17He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.
• Amos 5:22I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.

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

Topics related to Job 35:13

• Wicked (People)

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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