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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Job 35:10

Verse Job 35:10. Where is God my Maker] They have no just apprehension of his being; they do not consider themselves his creatures, or that he who created them still preserves them, and would make them happy if they would pray unto him.

Who giveth songs in the night] This is variously translated. "Before whom the high angels give praise in the night." - CHALDEE.

"Who sets the night-watches." - SEPTUAGINT.

"Gives meditations in the night." - SYRIAC and ARABIC.

"And that shyneth upon us that we might prayse him in the night." - COVERDALE.

A holy soul has continual communion with God: night and day its happiness is great; and God, from whom it comes, is the continual subject of its songs of praise.

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See also Job 35:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT NONE SAITH - That is, none of the oppressed and down-trodden say. This is the solution which Elihu gives of what appeared so mysterious to Job, and of what Elihu regarded as the source of the bitt...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 35 _ 1. Remember the greatness of God (Job 35:1)_ 2. Why God is silent and does not answer (Job 35:9) Job 35:1. Job having kept silence Elihu continues and asks him if this is sound judgment...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Men cry out by reason of oppression, but do not inquire after God, who gives songs in the night and makes us wiser than the animals. They cry because of the pride of evil men, but God does not answer,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The explanation of the anomaly. _Where is God_ The language of one devoutly seeking God. _songs in the night_ They seek not God in truth, who by sudden deliverances (comp. ch. Job 34:20; Job 34:25) f...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Having laid down his principle Elihu now proceeds to clear away some anomalies which seem to support Job's contention. There are instances where godliness does not seem to advantage men, where oppress...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHO GIVETH SONGS IN THE NIGHT?— _Who appointeth guards over me in the night-season?_ Heath; following the LXX. See Psalms 91:11. But Houbigant, after the Syriac, renders it, _Who giveth thoughts in th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. Pride will keep men from God. (Job 35:9-13) TEXT 35:9-13 9 BY REASON OF THE MULTITUDE OF OPPRESSIONS THEY CRY OUT; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT NONE SAITH, WHERE IS GOD MY MAKER, WHO GIVETH SONGS IN THE NIGHT;_ But the reason is, that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succour; so to their "pride" is to be laid the b...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WHO GIVETH SONGS IN THE NIGHT] i.e. who delivers in the night of trouble, and causes men to sing with joy....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In Job 24:1-12, Job spoke about the poor people who were suffering because of their cruel rulers. And Job complained that God was not helping these people. Elihu’s answer to Job was in two parts: • P...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT NONE SAITH. — Some render this, “But he who giveth songs in the night saith not, Where is God my Maker,” _i.e.,_ the selfish and luxurious oppressor, who spendeth the night in feasting and revelry...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְֽ לֹא ־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱלֹ֣והַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Songs. Arabic, "thoughts," by means of visions. Chaldean, "where is the Lord, in whose presence the angels sing canticles of praise in the night?" (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "who has ordered the night...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT NONE SAITH, WHERE [IS] GOD MY MAKER?.... Or "Makers" y, as in Psalms 149:2; for there are more concerned in the formation of man, Genesis 1:26; even the Father, Son, and Spirit, who are the one Go...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NONE, i.e. few or none (for few are oft called and accounted as none, both in Scripture and other authors) of the great numbers of oppressed persons. NONE SAITH, to wit, seriously or sincerely, and it...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 35:10 says H559 (H8804) God H433 Maker H6213 (H8802) gives H5414 (H8802) songs H2158 night...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    None — Few or none of the great numbers of oppressed persons. God — They cry out to men, but they seek not God, and therefore if God do not hear their cries it is not unjust. Maker — Who alone made me...

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