Job 35:15
13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
- KJV
- But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
- WEB
- But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
- ASV
- But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
- DARBY
- But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
- BLB
- And now, because He does not visit His anger, and has not taken much note of transgression,
- ÅB
- Men nå, fordi du ikke gjør det, hjemsøker han deg i sin vrede, og han akter ikke stort på overmodige ord.
- OTB
- Og nå, fordi Han ikke har straffet i sin vrede,
og heller ikke har Han tatt hensyn til urett, - B1930
- Men nu, fordi du ikke gjør det, hjemsøker han dig i sin vrede, og han akter ikke stort på overmodige ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 89:32
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
Read in contextJob 30:15–31
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
Read in contextHebrews 12:11–12
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Read in contextJob 13:15
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Read in contextHosea 11:8–9
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
Read in contextLuke 1:20
And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
Read in contextJob 9:14
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Read in contextJob 4:5
But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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