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Elihu Recalls God’s Justice

Job 35:14

In 11 translations

BSB
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,
KJV
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
WEB
How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
ASV
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
LSV
Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, || Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
YLT
Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
DBY
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
DRC
Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
GNV
Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.
JPS
Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
LXXE
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
LXX-Br
Ὁρατής ἐστι τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα, καὶ σώσει με· κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, εἰ δύνασαι αὐτὸν αἰνέσαι, ὡς ἔστι καὶ νῦν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 9:11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
  • Psalms 37:5–6Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
  • Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
  • Psalms 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
  • Romans 8:33–34Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding…
  • Job 23:8–10If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him. Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has…
  • Micah 7:7–9But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my…
  • Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
  • Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
  • Psalms 77:5–10I considered the days of old, the years long in the past. At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered: “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? Is His loving…
  • Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
  • Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  • Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  • Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
  • Psalms 27:12–14Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the LORD; be…
  • Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

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