“People cry out(A) under a load of oppression;(B)
    they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(C)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(D)
    who gives songs(E) in the night,(F)
11 who teaches(G) us(H) more than he teaches[a] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than[b] the birds in the sky?’
12 He does not answer(I) when people cry out
    because of the arrogance(J) of the wicked.(K)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
    the Almighty pays no attention to it.(L)
14 How much less, then, will he listen
    when you say that you do not see him,(M)
that your case(N) is before him
    and you must wait for him,(O)
15 and further, that his anger never punishes(P)
    and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[c](Q)
16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;(R)
    without knowledge he multiplies words.”(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by
  2. Job 35:11 Or us wise by
  3. Job 35:15 Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

People cry out because of heavy oppression;
    shout under the power of the mighty.
10 But no one says, “Where is God my maker;
    who gives songs in the night;
11     who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
    makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?”
12 Then they cry out; but he doesn’t answer,
    because of the pride of the wicked.
13 God certainly doesn’t respond to a deceitful cry;
    the Almighty doesn’t pay attention to it.
14 Although you say that you don’t see him,
    the case is before him;
    so wait anxiously for him.
15 Even though his anger is now held back,
    a person doesn’t know it’s only delayed.[a]
16 So Job mouths emptiness;
    he piles up ignorant words.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:15 Heb uncertain