Job 35:15
But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
Cross References
Numbers 20:12Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to hallow me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore, shall ye not bring in this convocation into the land which I have given unto them.
Job 9:14How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?
Job 30:15There are turned upon me terrors,—Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.
Psalms 89:32Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity:
Hosea 11:8How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions.
Hebrews 12:11But, no discipline, for the present, indeed, seemeth to be of joy, but of sorrow: afterwards, however—to them who thereby have been trained, it yieldeth peaceful fruit, of righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Job 35:15-16
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. Here is, I. Another improper word for which Elihu reproves Job ( v. 14 ): Thou sayest thou shalt not see him; that is, 1. "Thou complainest that thou dost not understand the meaning of his severe dealings with thee, nor… Read the whole commentary →