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.
Job 35:9-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out;
they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.(A)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives strength in the night,(B)
11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’(C)
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evildoers.(D)
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty[a] regard it.(E)
14 How much less when you say that you do not see him,
that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!(F)
15 And now, because his anger does not punish
and he does not greatly heed transgression,[b](G)
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
he multiplies words without knowledge.”(H)
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