Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
King James Version
In Context
12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, 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 →