Job 35:8-16

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 But none saith, `Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

11 who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

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

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see Him, yet judgment is before Him; therefore trust thou in Him.

15 But now, because it is not so, He hath visited in His anger; yet he knoweth it not in his great extremity.

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge."

Job 35:8-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 35

Is this chapter Elihu goes on to charge Job with other unbecoming speeches, which he undertakes to refute; as that he had represented his cause more just than God's, and religion and righteousness as things unprofitable to men, only to God; to which Elihu takes upon him to make answer, Job 35:1-8; and that the cries of the oppressed were not heard by the Lord, so as to give occasion to songs of praise and thankfulness, to which he replies, Job 35:9-13; and that Job had expressed diffidence and despair of ever seeing and enjoying the favour of God, which he endeavours to remove, Job 35:14-16.