Job 35:9-16

9 People cry out from under many oppressions; they cry for help from under the fist of the mighty.

10 But no one asks, 'Where is God my maker, who causes glad songs to ring out at night,

11 who teaches us more than he teaches wild animals and makes us wiser than the birds in the air?'

12 They may cry out, but no one answers, because of evil men's pride.

13 For God will not listen to empty cries; Shaddai pays no attention to them.

14 All the more when you say that you don't see him! Just be patient; he's considering the matter.

15 But now, just because he doesn't get angry and punish, does it mean he doesn't know what arrogance is?

16 So Iyov is being futile when he opens his mouth; he is piling up 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.