Job 35:13
Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
In Context
12There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
14Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
Psalms 66:18Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
Proverbs 28:9Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
Hosea 7:14And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside 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 →