Job 35:13
Surely God does not hear vanity, || And the Mighty does not behold it.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
In Context
12There they cry, and He does not answer, || Because of the pride of evildoers.
14Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, || Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the profane, || When He cuts off? When God casts off his soul?
Psalms 66:18Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, || The Lord does not hear.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, || And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
Proverbs 28:9Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law, || Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide My eyes from you, || Also when you increase prayer, I do not hear, || Your hands have been full of blood.
Hosea 7:14And have not cried to Me with their heart, but howl on their beds; They assemble themselves for grain and new wine, || They turn aside 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 →