JOB 35:13 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) Surely God doesn’t listen to empty words.
 ⇔ ≈Surely the provider doesn’t take notice of them.

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST God, the Almighty One, does not respond at all
⇔ when people pray but do not really mean what they are saying.

BSB Surely God does not listen to empty pleas,
⇔ and the Almighty does not take note of it.

OEB For to idle cries God will not listen,
⇔ Nor will the Almighty regard them.

WEB Surely God will not hear an empty cry,
⇔ neither will the Almighty regard it.

NET Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it;
 ⇔ the Almighty does not take notice of it.

LSV Surely God does not hear vanity,
And the Mighty does not behold it.

FBV God doesn't listen to their empty cries;[fn] the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.

35:13 Empty in the sense that they are vain and insincere.

T4T It is useless for them to cry out,
⇔ because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.

LEB • and Shaddai does not regard it.

BBE But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

MOF No MOF JOB book available

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

ASV Surely God will not hear an empty cry,
 ⇔ Neither will the Almighty regard it.

DRA God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

YLT Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

DBY Surely [fn]God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

35.13 El

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

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

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

BB For God wyll not heare vanitie, neither wyll the almightie regarde it.
(For God will not hear vanitie, neither will the almightie regarde it.)

GNV Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.
(Surely God will not hear vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it. )

CB But yf a man call vpon God, doth not he heare him? Doth not the Almightie accepte his crie?
(But if a man call upon God, doth not he hear him? Doth not the Almightie accepte his crie?)

WYC For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.
(For God shall not here with out cause, and Almyyti God shall behold the causis of each man.)

LUT Denn GOtt wird das Eitle nicht erhören, und der Allmächtige wird es nicht ansehen.
(Because God becomes the Eitle not erhören, and the Allmächtige becomes it not ansehen.)

CLV Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
(Non ergo frustra audiet God, and Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur. )

BRN For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.

BrLXX Ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ἰδεῖν ὁ Κύριος, αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ.
(Atopa gar ou bouletai idein ho Kurios, autos gar ho pantokratōr. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל

empty_cry not listen god

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of vanity, you could express the same idea in another way. Here the word vanity describes a cry to God for help that is insincere. The person asking for God’s help has not repented of the sins that have gotten him into trouble; he is still doing “evil,” as verse 12 indicates. Alternate translation: “God does not hear an insincere prayer for help”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל

empty_cry not listen god

Elihu is using the term hear in a specific sense to mean “answer.” Alternate translation: “God will not answer an insincere prayer for help”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ֝⁠שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽ⁠נָּה

and,Almighty not regard,it

In this context, the word regard also means “answer.” Elihu is using both hearing and seeing in parallel statements to emphasize his point. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. (You could also combine both parts of this verse into a single statement, as the UST does.) Alternate translation: “no, the Almighty will not answer such a prayer”

Parallel JOB 35:13