Job 35:9-16

9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

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

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,

15 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.”

Job 35:9-16 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.