Job 35 · Verse 15

Job 35:15

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

Job 35:15, King James Version

Job 35:15 in other translations

BSB	and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
WEB	But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
ASV	But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
YLT	And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
DARBY	But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not Job know his great arrogancy?
BBE	And now...;
Webster	But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

What does Job 35:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15. As it is, because Job waited not trustingly and patiently (Job 35:14; Nu 20:12; Zep 3:2; Mi 7:9), God hath visited ... ; yet still he has not taken (severe) cognizance of the great multitude (English Version wrongly, "extremity") of sins; therefore Job should not complain of being punished with undue severity (Job 7:20; 11:6). Maurer translates: "Because His anger hath not visited (hath not immediately punished Job for his impious complaints), nor has He taken strict (great) cognizance of his folly (sinful speeches); therefore," &c. For "folly," Umbreit translates with the Rabbins, "multitude." Gesenius reads with the Septuagint and Vulgate needlessly, "transgression."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15 But - because it is not so - Rather, "But now, because he visiteth not in his anger." This is more literal than the versions generally proposed; and the sense of the place appears to be this: Because vengeance is not speedily executed on an evil work, therefore are the hearts of the children of men set in them to do iniquity. This is, in effect, the charge which Elihu brings against Job.

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…

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Job 35:15 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.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258

כִּי\־ki-thatH3588

אַ֭יִן'A.yinnotH369

פָּקַ֣דpa.Kadit has punishedH6485

אַפּ֑וֹ'a.Poanger hisH639

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808

יָדַ֖עya.Da'he knowsH3045

בַּפַּ֣שׁba.Pashin <the> follyH6580

מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdexceedinglyH3966

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

Cross references for Job 35:15

Psalms 89:32
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Job 30:15-31
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. …
Hebrews 12:11-12
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Hosea 11:8-9
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Luke 1:20
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Job 9:14
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 4:5
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Psalms 88:11-16
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? …
Numbers 20:12
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

because.
9:14; 13:15; Nu 20:12; Lu 1:20
he. that is, God. visited.
Ps 89:32; Re 3:19
he. that is, Job. in great.
4:5; 30:15-31; Ps 88:11-16; Ho 11:8,9; Heb 12:11,12

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Context

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:
Job 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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Job 35:15 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mas ahora, porque en su ira no visita, ni conoce con rigor, por eso Job abrió su boca vanamente, y multiplica palabras sin sabiduría.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et maintenant, si sa colère n’a pas encore visité, Job ne connaît-il pas sa grande arrogance?
German Elberfelder 1871	Und nun, wenn sein Zorn nicht heimgesucht hat, sollte er nicht sehr wohl um den Übermut wissen?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.