Job 36 · Verse 13

Job 36:13

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Job 36:13, King James Version

Job 36:13 in other translations

BSBThe godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
WEB“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
ASVBut they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
YLTAnd the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
DARBYBut thegodless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
BBEThose who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.
WebsterBut the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

What does Job 36:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 36:13-15
13-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10); "heap up wrath" against themselves, to "He bindeth them" with fetters of affliction (Job 36:8).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey, the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - "Though he binds them, yet they cry not." They are too obstinate to humble themselves even under the mighty hand of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 36:5-14

Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to…

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Job 36:13 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.

וְֽחַנְפֵי\־ve.chan.fei-and [people] godless ofH2611
לֵ֭בlevheartH3820
יָשִׂ֣ימוּya.Si.muthey putH7760
אָ֑ף'AfangerH639
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּye.sha.ve.'Uthey cry for helpH7768
כִּ֣יkiifH3588
אֲסָרָֽם\׃'a.sa.Ramhe has bound themH631

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

Cross references for Job 36:13

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Job 27:8-10

    For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

  • Job 36:8

    And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

  • 2 Chronicles 28:13

    And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

  • Job 35:9-10

    By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

  • Job 15:4

    Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:22

    And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.

  • Numbers 32:14

    And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

  • Matthew 22:12-13

    And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Psalms 107:10

    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heap.
Nu 32:14; 2Ch 28:13,22; Ro 2:5
they.
15:4; 27:8-10; 35:9,10; Mt 22:12,13
bindeth.
8; Ps 107:10

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Context

  • Job 36:12

    But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

  • Job 36:13

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

  • Job 36:14

    They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

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Job 36:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero los hipócritas de corazón lo irritarán más, y no clamarán cuando él los atare.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les hypocrites de cœur amassent la colère; ils ne crient pas quand Dieu les lie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber die ruchlosen Herzens sind, hegen Zorn: sie rufen nicht um Hülfe, wenn er sie gefesselt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Simulatores et callidi provocant iram Dei, neque clamabunt cum vincti fuerint.