Job 35 · Verse 14

Job 35:14

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Job 35:14, King James Version

Job 35:14 in other translations

BSBHow much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
WEBHow much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
ASVHow much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
YLTYea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.
DARBYAlthough thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
BBEHow much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
WebsterAlthough thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

What does Job 35:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him--(as a temporal deliverer; for he did look for a Redeemer after death, Job 19:25-27; which passage cannot consistently with Elihu's assertion here be interpreted of "seeing" a temporal "redeemer"), Job 7:7; 9:11; 23:3, 8, 9; yet, judgment ... ; therefore trust ... But the Hebrew favors Maurer, "How much less (will God ... regard, Job 35:13), since thou sayest, that He does not regard thee." So in Job 4:19. Thus Elihu alludes to Job's words (Job 19:7; 30:20). judgment--that is, thy cause, thy right; as in Psa 9:16; Pr 31:5, 8. trust--rather, "wait thou" on Him, patiently, until He take up thy cause (Psa 37:7).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Thou sayest thou shalt not see Him - Several MSS. have "Thou shalt not see me," and the Septuagint, and one other, "Thou shalt not see us," but without the points, תשורנו, the original may be read see Him or see Us, the third person singular, or the first person plural. Yet judgment is before him - Rest assured that God has not forgotten either to punish or to save; therefore trust in him; choose to be a monument of his mercy, rather than of his justice.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 35:14-16
As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must be as this day, is as absurd as to think that the weather, when either fair or foul, will be always so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right, and all that seems dark and difficult will be cleared up and set straight. And if there is Divine wrath in our troubles, it is because we quarrel with God, are fretful, and distrust Divine Providence. This was Job's case. Elihu was directed by God to humble Job, for as to some things he had both opened his mouth in vain, and had multiplied words without knowledge. Let us be admonished, in our afflictions, not so much to set forth the greatness of our suffering, as the greatness of the mercy of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 35:14 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.

אַ֣ף'afindeed?H637
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
תֹ֭אמַרTo.maryou will sayH559
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּte.shu.Re.nuyou observe himH7789
דִּ֥יןdin[the] caseH1779
לְ֝פָנָ֗יוle.fa.Nav[is] <to> before himH6440
וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽלu.te.Cho.lelso you may waitH2342
לֽוֹ\׃lofor him

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Cross references for Job 35:14

  • Job 9:11

    Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

  • Job 23:3

    Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

  • Isaiah 30:18

    And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  • Job 9:19

    If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

  • Psalms 62:5

    My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

  • Psalms 27:12-14

    Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  • Psalms 62:8

    Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

  • Isaiah 50:10

    Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

  • Psalms 97:2

    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  • Psalms 77:5-10

    I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? …

  • Job 19:7

    Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  • Job 23:8-10

    Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou sayest.
9:11; 23:3,8-10
yet.
9:19; 19:7; Ps 77:5-10; 97:2; Isa 30:18; 54:17; Mic 7:7-9
trust.
Ps 27:12-14; 37:5,6; 62:5,8; Isa 50:10; Ro 8:33,34

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 35:15

    But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

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Job 35:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aunque más digas, No lo mirará; haz juicio delante de él, y en él espera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quoique tu dises que tu ne le vois pas, le jugement est devant lui; attends-le donc.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn du auch sagst, du schauest ihn nicht-die Rechtssache ist vor ihm; so harre sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.