Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 35:12
Because — God doth not answer their cries, because they are both evil, wicked and impenitent, and proud, unhumbled for those sins for which God brought these miseries upon them.
Because — God doth not answer their cries, because they are both evil, wicked and impenitent, and proud, unhumbled for those sins for which God brought these miseries upon them.
Verse Job 35:12. _THERE THEY CRY_] They bewail their calamities, but sorrow not for the _cause_ of them; they cry against their _oppressors_, but they call not upon God. _BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF EVI...
THERE THEY CRY - They cry out in the language of complaint, but not for mercy. BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF EVIL MEN - That is, of their own pride. The pride of men so rebellious, and so disposed to compla...
CHAPTER 35 _ 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1)_ 2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9) Job 35:1. Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this is sound judgment...
Men cry out by reason of oppression, but do not inquire after God, who gives songs in the night and makes us wiser than the animals. They cry because of the pride of evil men, but God does not answer,...
EVIL. Heb _ra'a'_. App-44....
Having laid down his principle Elihu now proceeds to clear away some anomalies which seem to support Job's contention. There are instances where godliness does not seem to advantage men, where oppress...
The first and last words of the verse are in connexion: "they cry because of the pride of evil men, but none giveth answer." They remain unheard because their cry is "vanity" (Job 35:13)....
THERE THEY CRY, &C.— _There they may cry aloud: but there is no deliverance from the pride of evil men._ Heath, after Le Clerc....
3. Pride will keep men from God. (Job 35:9-13) TEXT 35:9-13 9 BY REASON OF THE MULTITUDE OF OPPRESSIONS THEY CRY OUT; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where...
_BUT NONE SAITH, WHERE IS GOD MY MAKER, WHO GIVETH SONGS IN THE NIGHT;_ But the reason is, that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succour; so to their "pride" is to be laid the b...
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED) 1-8. Elihu (Job 34:9) had charged Job with saying that there was no advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion....
Render, 'They cry because of the pride of evil men, but none giveth answer'; i.e. because there is no humble, trustful appeal to God....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 35 ELIHU CONTINUES TO DISCU...
In Job 24:1-12, Job spoke about the poor people who were suffering because of their cruel rulers. And Job complained that God was not helping these people. Elihu’s answer to Job was in two parts: • P...
שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְ לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝ פְּנֵ֗י
XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself...
SONGS IN THE NIGHT Job 35:1 God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but themselves. There is no motive, therefo...
Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations o...
There they cry, (f) but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. (f) Because they pray not in faith, as feeling God's mercies....
(9) В¶ By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. (10) But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the ni...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...
THERE THEY CRY,.... As brutes do, and as in, Job 35:9; by reason of their oppressions, but not under a due sense of the hand of God upon them, nor of his being their only helper, and saviour, and deli...
_There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men._ Ver. 12. _There they cry, but none giveth answer_] Cry they do, but not to the true God, John 1:5. The Papists have their h...
_There they cry_ Or _then_, as the Hebrew particle here used often means; that is, in that time or condition of trouble; _but none giveth answer_ The reason that God doth not deliver them is, because,...
There they cry, but none giveth answer, God pays no attention to such prayers, BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF EVIL MEN, He will not hear so as to deliver them from the oppression of wicked men....
The Reasons For God's Delay in Helping Suffering...
Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 deal...
9-13 Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty....
THERE, or _then_, as this particle is used, PSALMS 14:5 ECCLESIASTES 3:17 ZEPHANIAH 1:14; in that time or condition. THE PRIDE OF EVIL MEN; either 1. Of the oppressors. So this is the reason not of
Job 35:12 out H6817 (H8799) answer H6030 (H8799) Because H6440 pride H1347 men H7451 There -...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. Job's rash talk reproved. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job. CONCLUSION: It is vain to appeal to God to remove affliction, or to try to acquit ourselves, if we have...
Job 35:2. _My righteousness is more than God's._ The LXX react as the Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too strong an inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:9, “...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:1 Elihu thinks Job believes that his righteousness entitles him to God’s blessing, but Elihu believes that neither faithfulness nor wickedness influences God (vv. Job 35:1). Job had...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 35:12 Elihu says that God does not hear the EMPTY CRY of the oppressed, because of the PRIDE OF EVIL MEN. The context indicates that he is most likely referring to the oppressed themse...
_ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH_ After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavils. Job 35:1.—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c. I. REPROVES...
EXPOSITION JOB 35:1 In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first (verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has brought him no correspondent blessings...
Elihu continues to speak, he said, Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's? (Job 35:1-2) Now Job didn't actually say that, but he is taking Job's words and s...
Isaiah 14:14; John 9:31; Proverbs 1:28; Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4;...
HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3