Job 35:15
in Job 35and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
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ASV
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
KJV
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
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This verse in Job 35
Commentary
12 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But now, because it is not so - This verse, as it stands in our authorized translation, conveys no intelligible idea. It is evident that the translators meant to give a literal version of the Hebrew, but without understanding its sense. An examination of the principal words and phrases may enable us to ascertain the idea which was in the mind of Elihu when it was uttered.
This site's exposition
you do not see Him
on Job 35:14-16
Clarke reads verse 15 as Elihu accusing Job of concluding that God's slowness to punish evil means He has not “taken much notice of folly”. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the closing verdict as Elihu's version of the friends' charge, one God judges differently at 42:7.
This site's exposition
taken much notice of folly
Albert Barnes found the older English of this verse unclear. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown give Maurer's sense, which the Berean follows: God in His anger has not yet punished Job for his words. Umbreit, with the rabbis, reads folly as multitude.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
And Eliud adds, "For now," in the present life, "he does not unleash his fury," the great extent of his punishment, "nor does he take great vengeance on a crime," i.e. he does not punish in the present according to which the gravity of fault …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistMorals on the Book of Job, Book XXVI · Written before 604.
proposed
For He doth not now bring on His fury, nor severely punish wickedness. For God in truth bears a long while with him, whom He condemns for ever; and forbears now to bring on His wrath, because He reserves it to be poured forth, hereafter, without end. For suffering is here the portion of the Elect, in order to their being trained for the rewards of their heavenly inheritance. It is our portion to receive stripes here, for whom an eternity of joy is reserved.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Because - Because Job doth not acknowledge God's justice and his own sins. Anger - Hath laid grievous afflictions upon him. He - Job is not sensible of it, so as to be humbled under God's hand.
But it was not fair to charge this upon Job, which he had neither directly nor indirectly affirmed. Clouds, &c. - They are far above us, and God is far above them. How much then is he out of the reach either of our sins or our services?
The foolishness of man perverts his way, and then his heart frets against the Lord, Prov. xix. Yet Elihu thinks that Job, being in great extremity, did not know and consider this as he should, that it was his own fault that he was not yet delivered.
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
MAURER translates: "Because His anger hath not visited (hath not immediately punished Job for his impious complaints), nor has He taken strict (great) cognizance of his folly (sinful speeches); therefore," &c. For "folly," UMBREIT translates with the Rabbins, "multitude." GESENIUS reads with the Septuagint and Vulgate needlessly, "transgression."
But - because it is not so - Rather, “But now, because he visiteth not in his anger.” This is more literal than the versions generally proposed; and the sense of the place appears to be this: Because vengeance is not speedily executed on an evil work, therefore are the hearts of the children of men set in them to do iniquity. This is, in effect, the charge which Elihu brings against Job.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Surely you who say Surely you, whose cry comes only because of Him, and you say and cry that you do not see Him to debate with Him.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַ֭יִן | ʾayin | not | H369 → | 789 times |
| פָּקַ֣ד | pakad | it has punished | H6485 → | 303 times |
| אַפּ֑וֹ | ʾapo | anger his | H639 → | 276 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָדַ֖ע | yada' | he knows | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בַּפַּ֣שׁ | bapash | in <the> folly | H6580 → | |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַ֭יִןnot
ʾayinH369 →789 times
פָּקַ֣דit has punished
pakadH6485 →303 times
אַפּ֑וֹanger his
ʾapoH639 →276 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָדַ֖עhe knows
yada'H3045 →945 times
בַּפַּ֣שׁin <the> folly
bapashH6580 →
מְאֹֽד׃exceedingly
meodH3966 →300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:11–12
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Proverbs 3:11–12
Through
Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
it leads to
- Psalms 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Job 19:25–28
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Romans 8:38–39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- 1 John 3:20
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
- Psalms 23:4
About Job
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVI; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.