Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 35:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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Role in This Section
Elihu states “There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed Cry.
Read It With
- Job 35:9–35:13
Keep Job 35:12 with the paragraph titled “Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed Cry.” Elihu states “There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed Cry. The book's final verdict prevents speaker flattening.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, image, response, or transition within Job 35:9–35:13, not an independent maxim. Elihu states “There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed Cry.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 35:9–35:13 — Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed CrySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 35:9–35:13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 35:9–35:13
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