Job 35:15

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 King James Version (NKJV)And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,

Context of Job 35:15

13Indeed God does not hear an empty cry; Shaddai pays no attention to it. 14How much less when you say that you do not perceive Him that the case is before Him and you must wait for Him. And further, that His anger does not punish and that He does not know transgression? 16So Job opens his mouth with nonsense, without knowledge he multiplies words.”

Job 35:15 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• he hath visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• in his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• yet he knowethיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not in greatמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• extremityפַּשׁpash · follyH6580

Cross-references for Job 35:15

• Job 9:14How then can I answer Him or choose my words with Him?
• Job 13:15Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him.
• Numbers 20:12But Adonai said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in Me so as to esteem Me as holy in the eyes of Bnei-Yisrael, therefore you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given to them.”
• Luke 1:20So look, you will be silent and powerless to speak until the day these things happen, since you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their time.”
• Psalms 89:32if they violate My decrees, and do not keep My mitzvot,
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
• Job 4:5Yet now it has come to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned on me; they chase away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance vanishes.
• Psalms 88:11Will You work wonders for the dead? Or will the departed spirits rise up praising You? Selah
• Hosea 11:8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turning over within Me. My compassions are kindled.
• Hebrews 12:11Now all discipline seems painful at the moment—not joyful. But later it yields the peaceful 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

In the dictionaries

• Advantage
• Elihu
• Heaven
• Extreme; Extremity

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