Job 35:12
There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
In Context
11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
13Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Cross References
Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
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 →