Job 35:13
It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
In Context
Cross References
Job 27:8When it is time for God to get rid of godless/wicked people and to cause them to die, there is absolutely nothing good [RHQ] that they can confidently expect to happen to them.
Psalms 66:18If I had ignored the sins that I had committed, the Lord would not have paid any attention to me.
Proverbs 15:8Yahweh detests the sacrifices that are offered by wicked people; what delights/pleases him very much are the prayers of righteous/good people.
Proverbs 28:9If people do not obey [MTY] God’s laws, God ◄detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink►.
Isaiah 1:15So, when you lift up your hands when you pray to me, I will not even look at you. Even if you pray to me very frequently, I will not listen to you, because it is as though your hands are covered with the blood of people whom you have killed.
Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM]; they only lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask me to give them grain and 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 →