Verse 12
Job 35:12
Free Bible Version
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When they call out for help, God (Elohim) doesn't answer them because they are proud and evil people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְ/לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝/פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים
English Translation
There they will cry out, and he will not answer, because of the pride of the wicked.
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Chapter 35 Context
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Then Elihu continued, saying,
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“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God (Elohim)?
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And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
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I'll tell you, and your friends too!
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Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
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If you sin, how does that harm God (Elohim)? How do your many sins affect God (Elohim)?
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If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
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No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
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People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppres...
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But no one asks, ‘Where is the God (Elohim) my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
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who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
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When they call out for help, God (Elohim) doesn't answer them because they are proud and evil people...
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God (Elohim) doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
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How much less will God (Elohim) hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so...
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You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
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