Job 35:13 “Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not t…”

Job 35:13

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

World English Bible

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

American Standard Version

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.

Darby Translation

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Young's Literal Translation

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

Bible in Basic English

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

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Cross references

“God”

Proverbs 15:29 Isaiah 1:15 Jeremiah 11:11 James 4:3 Proverbs 15:8 Job 22:22–27

Proverbs 15:29 · BSB

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Isaiah 1:15 · BSB

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 11:11 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

James 4:3 · BSB

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

Proverbs 15:8 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Job 22:22–27 · BSB

Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

“regard”

Job 30:20 Psalm 102:17 Amos 5:22

Job 30:20 · BSB

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Psalm 102:17 · BSB

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Amos 5:22 · BSB

Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

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