Job 35:13

God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.

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In The King James Version

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

In Context

12When they call out for help, God doesn't answer them because they are proud and evil people.

14How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what hope do those who reject God have when he cuts them down, when God brings their lives to an end?

Psalms 66:18If I had focused my mind on evil, the Lord would not have listened to me.

Proverbs 15:8The Lord hates the sacrifices of the wicked, but he loves the prayers of the good.

Proverbs 28:9God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.

Isaiah 1:15When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.

Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me with sincere minds; instead they lie on their beds howling. They assemble together and gash themselves to gain grain and new wine, but they turn away 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 →

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