Job 35:9-16
Legacy Standard Bible
9 “Because of (A)many oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm (B)of many oppressors.
10 But (C)no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who (D)gives songs of praise in the night,
11 Who (E)teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12 There (F)they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely (G)God will not listen to [a]an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty perceive it.
14 How much less when (H)you say you do not perceive Him,
The (I)case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15 And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged [b]transgression well,
16 So Job opens his mouth vainly;
He multiplies words (J)without knowledge.”
Job 35:9-16
New Living Translation
9 “People cry out when they are oppressed.
They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
10 Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
the one who gives songs in the night?
11 Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals
and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12 And when they cry out, God does not answer
because of their pride.
13 But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen,
to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.
14 You say you can’t see him,
but he will bring justice if you will only wait.[a]
15 You say he does not respond to sinners with anger
and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.[b]
16 But you are talking nonsense, Job.
You have spoken like a fool.”
Footnotes
- 35:13-14 These verses can also be translated as follows: 13 Indeed, God doesn’t listen to their empty plea; / the Almighty is not concerned. / 14 How much less will he listen when you say you don’t see him, / and that your case is before him and you’re waiting for justice.
- 35:15 As in Greek and Latin versions; the meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.
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