Job 35:13
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
In Context
12There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
14Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
Psalms 66:18If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Proverbs 15:8The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
Hosea 7:14And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from 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 →