Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], nor will the Almighty regard it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
In Context
12There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
14How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?
Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, LORD will not hear.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Hosea 7:14And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They rebel against me.
Matthew Henry on Job 35:10-14
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which,… Read the whole commentary →