Job 35:13

Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.

American Standard 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 giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

14How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 28:9He that turneth 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 mine 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 unto 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 →

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