Job 35:13

Surely El will not hear shav (vanity), 1 neither will Shaddai regard it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12There they cry out, but none giveth answer, 1 because of the ga'on (pride, arrogance) of ra'im (wicked men). 1

14Although thou sayest thou cannot see Him, 1 yet Din (the court case) is before Him; 1 therefore trust thou, waiting for Him, 1

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what is the tikveh of the chanef, when He cutteth off, 1 when Eloah taketh away, his nefesh? 1

Psalms 66:18If I regard avon (iniquity, sin) in my lev, 1 Adonoi will not hear me; 1

Proverbs 15:8The zevach of the resha'im is a to'evah to Hashem, 1 but the tefillah (prayer) of the yesharim is His delight. 1

Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ozen from mishmo'a torah (heeding torah), 1 even his tefillah (prayer) shall be to'evah (abomination). 1

Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, 1 I will hide Mine eyes from you; 1 yea, when ye make many tefillah, 1 I will not hear; 1 your hands are full of damim. 1

Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto Me with their levavot, 1 when they wailed upon their beds; 1 they congregate themselves for dagan and tirosh, 1 and they depart from Me. 1

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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