Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
Job 35:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely God will not hear vanity, Neither will the Almighty regard it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely God will refuse to answer [the cry which is] vanity (vain and empty–instead of abiding trust); neither will the Almighty regard it– American Standard Version (1901) Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it. Common English Bible God certainly doesn’t respond to a deceitful cry; the Almighty doesn’t pay attention to it. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God therefore will not hear in vain: and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one. |
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.