Job 35:12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job 35:12 in other translations
| BSB | There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. |
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| WEB | There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men. |
| ASV | There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men. |
| YLT | There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers. |
| DARBY | There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men. |
| BBE | There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer. |
| Webster | There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. |
What does Job 35:12 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Job 35:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 35:12
- Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- John 9:31
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
- Psalms 123:3-4
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Isaiah 14:14-17
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
- Psalms 73:6-8
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
- Psalms 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
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Context
- Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
- Job 35:12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
- Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Job 35:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Allí clamarán, y él no oirá, por la soberbia de los malos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors on crie, et il ne répond pas, à cause de l’orgueil des méchants. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alsdann schreit man, wegen des Hochmuts der Bösen, aber er antwortet nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum. |