Job 36:13

Modern

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Traditional

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

Literal

And the godless of heart set the nose; they do not cry out when He binds them.

Latin

Simulatores et callidi provocant iram Dei, neque clamabunt cum vincti fuerint.

Hebrew

English

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Theme notes and profiles

Romans 2:5
But 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.
Job 27:8–10
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Job 36:8
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
2 Chronicles 28:22
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Job 15:4
But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
2 Chronicles 28:13
“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”
Numbers 32:14
Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
Psalm 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Job 35:9–10
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
Matthew 22:12–13
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.