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Job 36:13
13“The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
Job 36:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- New International Version (NIV)“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
Context of Job 36:13
11If they obey and serve, they will end their days in prosperity, and their years in happiness. 12But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, and die without knowledge. “The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them. 14Their souls die in youth, their life ends among cult prostitutes. 15He delivers the afflicted by his affliction and opens their ear in oppression.
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וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:13
- Numbers 32:14“Now look, here you stand in the place of your fathers as a brood of sinful men to add more to Adonai’s great wrath against Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 28:13and said to them, “Do not bring the captives in here, for that would cause us to trespass against Adonai. Do you intend to add to our sins and our guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger is already against Israel.”
- Romans 2:5But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- Job 15:4You even do away with reverence and hinder devotion before God.
- Job 27:8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
- Job 35:9“Because of a multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of the power of the mighty.
- Matthew 22:12‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was silent.
- Job 36:8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by cords of affliction,
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and deep gloom, prisoners in misery and iron chains,
Commentaries on Job 36:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey, the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - "Though he binds…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath - By their continued impiety they lay the foundation for increasing and multiplied expressions of the divine displeasure. Instead of confessing their sins when they are afflicted, and seeking for pardon: instead of returning to God and becoming truly his friends, they remaian impenitent, unconverted, and are rebellious at heart. They complain of the divine government and plans, and their feelings and conduct make…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- 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
- EGW Writings
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