Job 35:13
Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
In Context
12There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?
Psalms 66:18If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord: but, the prayer of the upright [obtaineth] his favor.
Proverbs 28:9When one turneth away his ear so as not to listen to the law, even his prayer becometh an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Hosea 7:14And they cried not unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: for corn and new wine they assemble themselves, and 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 →