Job 35:15

And now ... ;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

In Context

14How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

16And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

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Cross References

Numbers 20:12Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.

Job 9:14How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

Job 30:15Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

Psalms 89:32\89:31\If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

Hosea 11:8How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity.

Hebrews 12:11At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Matthew Henry on Job 35:15-16

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. Here is, I. Another improper word for which Elihu reproves Job ( v. 14 ): Thou sayest thou shalt not see him; that is, 1. "Thou complainest that thou dost not understand the meaning of his severe dealings with thee, nor… Read the whole commentary →

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