Job 35 · Verse 13

Job 35:13

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Job 35:13, King James Version

Job 35:13 in other translations

BSBSurely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
WEBSurely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
ASVSurely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.
YLTSurely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
DARBYSurely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
BBEBut God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
WebsterSurely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

What does Job 35:13 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Surely God will not hear vanity - He will not attend to such vain cries; they cry from their oppressions, but they cry not to God.

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 35:13 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.

אַךְ\־'a.kho.Sha-surelyH389
שָׁ֭וְאSha.v'emptinessH7723
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יִשְׁמַ֥ע\׀yish.Ma'he hearsH8085
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410
וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.Daiand [the] AlmightyH7706
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה\׃ye.shu.Re.nahhe observes itH7789

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 35:13

  • Proverbs 15:29

    The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • James 4:3

    Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

  • Jeremiah 11:11

    Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

  • Isaiah 1:15

    And 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.

  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  • Hosea 7:14

    And 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.

  • Job 30:20

    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Job 22:22-27

    Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. …

  • Hosea 8:2-3

    Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

  • Matthew 6:7

    But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

    Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

  • Matthew 20:21-22

    And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
22:22-27; 27:8,9; Pr 15:8,29; 28:9; Ec 5:1-3; Isa 1:15; Jer 11:11
Ho 7:14; 8:2,3; Mt 6:7; 20:21,22; Jas 4:3
regard.
30:20; Ps 102:17; Am 5:22

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Context

  • 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 35:14

    Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

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Job 35:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ciertamente Dios no oirá la vanidad, ni la mirará el Omnipotente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Certainement ce qui est vanité ✶Dieu ne l’écoute pas, et le Tout-puissant ne le regarde pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Auf nur Eitles hört Gott nicht, und der Allmächtige schaut es nicht an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.