Job 35:13

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ἰδεῖν ὁ Κύριος, αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ.

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• Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Jeremiah 11:11Therefore 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.
• Isaiah 1:15When 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.
• James 4:3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Job 27:8–9For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
• Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
• Job 22:22–27Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of…
• Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
• Amos 5:22Even 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.
• Matthew 20:21–22“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.” “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied.…
• Matthew 6:7And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1–3Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to…
• Hosea 8:2–3Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!” But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

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