13 "The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

Other Translations of Job 36:13

King James Version

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

English Standard Version

13 "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.

The Message

13 Angry people without God pile grievance upon grievance, always blaming others for their troubles.

New King James Version

13 "But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.

New Living Translation

13 For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 36:13

Commentary on Job 36:5-14

(Read Job 36:5-14)

Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of God working with and by it. And further, to deter us from sinning for the future. It is a command, to have no more to do with sin. If we faithfully serve God, we have the promise of the life that now is, and the comforts of it, as far as is for God's glory and our good: and who would desire them any further? We have the possession of inward pleasures, the great peace which those have that love God's law. If the affliction fail in its work, let men expect the furnace to be heated till they are consumed. Those that die without knowledge, die without grace, and are undone for ever. See the nature of hypocrisy; it lies in the heart: that is for the world and the flesh, while perhaps the outside seems to be for God and religion. Whether sinners die in youth, or live long to heap up wrath, their case is dreadful. The souls of the wicked live after death, but it is in everlasting misery.