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Job 35:13

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

KJV

Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.

Vulgate

ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ὁ κύριος ἰδεῖν· αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁρατής ἐστιν

LXX

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

ASV

אַךְ שָׁ֭וְא לֹא יִשְׁמַ֥ע אֵ֑ל וְ֝/שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽ/נָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 16×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • Jer 11:11 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 15:29 — The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.