Job 36:13
in Job 36The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
KJV
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
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This verse in Job 36
Commentary
8 notes on this verseHypocrites and crafty men provoke the wrath of God. When mentioning hypocrites, he appropriately subjoins, 'and crafty.' For unless they are crafty in wit, they cannot consistently make pretence of that which they wish to appear. For there are certain faults, which are easily perpetrated even by those of duller sense. For any one even of dull understanding is able to swell, for instance, with pride, to be eager with the desires of avarice, and to yield to the assaults of lust.
This site's exposition
The godless in heart harbor resentment
on Job 36:13-21
Elihu warns Job directly that he is “laden with the judgment due the wicked”, and that “judgment and justice have seized you”. Wesley takes “Do not long for the night” in verse 20 as a warning against wishing for death, the wish Job voiced in chapter 3.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Since men sometimes suffer adversities even though their sins are not apparent, he wants to preclude his previously cited opinion being dashed to pieces by this fact. So he interprets them to be pretenders because they make a pretense of justice which they do not …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Their sins are laid up in store with God among his treasures, Deut. xxxii. As what goes up a vapour comes down a shower, so what goes up sin, if not repented of, will come down wrath. They think they are heaping up wealth, heaping up merits, but, when the treasures are opened, it will prove they were heaping up wrath.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [MAURER]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). UMBREIT translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew.
But the hypocrites in heart - חנפי chanphey, the profligates, the impious, those who have neither the form nor the power of godliness. The hypocrite is he who has the form but not the power, though he wishes to be thought as inwardly righteous as he is outwardly correct; and he takes up the profession of religion only to serve secular ends. This is not the meaning of the word in the book of Job, where it frequently occurs. They cry not - “Though he binds them, yet they cry not.” They are too obstinate to humble themselves even under the mighty hand of God.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath - By their continued impiety they lay the foundation for increasing and multiplied expressions of the divine displeasure. Instead of confessing their sins when they are afflicted, and seeking for pardon: instead of returning to God and becoming truly his friends, they remaian impenitent, unconverted, and are rebellious at heart. They complain of the divine government and plans, and their feelings and conduct make it necessary for God further to interpose, until they are finally cut off and consigned to ruin.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
But the wicked of heart who are wicked—they bring about wrath; when suffering comes upon them, they curse and blaspheme,
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
shall die by strangulation Their soul [shall die] by the strangulation that is upon them,
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. 4 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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽחַנְפֵי־ | vechanfei- | and [people] godless of | H2611 → | 13 times |
| לֵ֭ב | lev | heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| יָשִׂ֣ימוּ | yasimu | they put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אָ֑ף | ʾaf | anger | H639 → | 276 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ | yeshaveu | they cry for help | H7768 → | 21 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲסָרָֽם׃ | ʾasaram | he has bound them | H631 → | 72 times |
וְֽחַנְפֵי־and [people] godless of
vechanfei-H2611 →13 times
לֵ֭בheart
levH3820 →595 times
יָשִׂ֣ימוּthey put
yasimuH7760 →584 times
אָ֑ףanger
ʾafH639 →276 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּthey cry for help
yeshaveuH7768 →21 times
כִּ֣יif
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֲסָרָֽם׃he has bound them
ʾasaramH631 →72 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
Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Romans 2:2–3
And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
- Hebrews 3:15
As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
- Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
Through
Job 36:8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
it leads to
- Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Psalms 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Proverbs 5:22
Through
2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 21:13
Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 21:13
About Job
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; 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.