Job 35 · Verse 10

Job 35:10

But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Job 35:10, King James Version

Job 35:10 in other translations

BSBBut no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
WEBBut no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
ASVBut none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
YLTAnd none said, ‘Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
DARBYBut none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
BBEBut no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
WebsterBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

What does Job 35:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 35:10-13
10-13. But the reason is that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succor; so to their "pride" is to be laid the blame of their ruin; also because (Job 35:13-16) they, as Job, instead of waiting God's time in pious trust, are prone to despair of His justice, when it is not immediately visible (Job 33:19-26). If the sufferer would apply to God with a humbled, penitent spirit, He would hear. Where, &c.--(Jr 2:6, 8; Is 51:13). songs--of joy at deliverance (Psa 42:8; 149:5; Ac 16:25). in the night--unexpectedly (Job 34:20, 25). Rather, "in calamity."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Where is God my Maker - They have no just apprehension of his being; they do not consider themselves his creatures, or that he who created them still preserves them, and would make them happy if they would pray unto him. Who giveth songs in the night - This is variously translated. "Before whom the high angels give praise in the night." - Chaldee. "Who sets the night-watches." - Septuagint. "Gives meditations in the night." - Syriac and Arabic. "And that shyneth upon us that we might prayse him in the night." - Coverdale. A holy soul has continual communion with God: night and day its happiness is great; and God, from whom it comes, is the continual subject of its songs of praise.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 35:9-13

Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition…

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Job 35:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
אָמַ֗ר'a.Maranyone has saidH559
אַ֭יֵּה'Ai.yehwhere?H346
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ah[is] GodH433
עֹשָׂ֑י'o.Saimaker<s> myH6213
נֹתֵ֖ןno.Ten[who] givesH5414
זְמִר֣וֹתze.mi.RotsongsH2158
בַּלָּֽיְלָה\׃ba.La.ye.lahin the nightH3915

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Cross references for Job 35:10

  • Psalms 42:8

    Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

  • Acts 16:25

    And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

  • Psalms 149:5

    Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

  • Psalms 77:6

    I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

  • Isaiah 51:13

    And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  • Isaiah 54:5

    For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  • 1 Peter 4:19

    Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  • Job 36:13

    But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:1

    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

  • Job 32:22

    For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

  • Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

  • Job 36:3

    I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
none.
36:13; 1Ch 10:13,14; 2Ch 28:22,23; Isa 8:21
Where.
Ec 12:1; Isa 51:13; 1Pe 4:19
my.
32:22; 36:3; Isa 54:5
who.
Ps 42:8; 77:6; 119:62; 149:5; Ac 16:25

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Context

  • Job 35:9

    By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • Job 35:10

    But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

  • Job 35:11

    Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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Job 35:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ninguno dice: ¿Dónde está Dios mi Hacedor, que da canciones en la noche,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et on ne dit pas: Où est ✝Dieu, mon créateur, qui donne des chants de joie dans la nuit,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber man spricht nicht: Wo ist Gott, mein Schöpfer, der Gesänge gibt in der Nacht,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte;