Job 35:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 35:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 9:31
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Psalms 123:3-4
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. …
Psalms 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms 73:6-8
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-13)

Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe, I. What it was that Job complained of; it was this, That God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors (Job 35:9): “ By reason of the multitude of oppressions, the many hardships w…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

10-13. But the reason is that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succor; so to their “pride” is to be laid the blame of their ruin; also because (Job 35:13-16) they, as Job, instead of waiting God’s time in pious trust, are prone to despair of His justice, when it is not immediately visible (Job 33:19-26). If the sufferer would apply to God with a humbled, penitent spirit, He…