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Job 35:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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Quick Meaning
Job 35:13 closes the thought unit with the words “Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.” Elihu states “Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed Cry.
Oppression makes people cry, and Elihu still suspects the cry
This verse is one part of that explanation in Job 35:9–35:13. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Job 35:9–35:13
Read Job 35:13 with 35:9–35:13. Read alone, “Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Elihu acknowledges cries under oppression but claims people fail to seek the Creator and that God does not hear empty pride.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Elihu continues from Job 35:1–35:8: Elihu restates Job's questions about the profit of righteousness, points to the heavens, and says sin or righteousness directly harms or benefits other humans rather than supplying God. Job 35:9–35:13 now develops the next distinct movement: Elihu acknowledges cries under oppression but claims people fail to seek the Creator and that God does not hear empty pride. Within that relationship, Job 35:13 closes the thought unit through “Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.”
Read Job 35:9–13 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 35:9–35:13 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed Cry.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 9. 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Verse 10. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Verse 11. 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Verse 12. 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Verse 13. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
What Remains True
Elihu acknowledges cries under oppression but claims people fail to seek the Creator and that God does not hear empty pride. Suffering or outward outcome is not evidence enough to diagnose guilt, hidden sin, divine rejection, or another person's moral standing. Job 35:13 carries that bounded truth through “Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Job 35:9–35:13 — Elihu Says Pride Can Corrupt the Oppressed CrySources used for this Verse Lens
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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
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Job
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Job's difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, textual issues, speech boundaries, and alternatives in Job 35:9–35:13.
Exact location: Official NET Job PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Job 35:9–35:13
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