“How much less when you say you do not look at Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
Parallel translations
- WEB How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
- KJV Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- BSB How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
- NKJV Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
- NLT You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait.
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Quick answer
Elihu says it is even less likely God will respond when Job claims he cannot see Him, yet urges Job to lay his cause before God and wait. Patient trust is required.
Overview
Elihu addresses Job's complaint that he cannot perceive God, arguing this makes Job's case harder, yet he counsels that the cause is before God and Job must wait on Him. The exhortation to bring one's case to God and wait patiently is a recurring biblical posture (Ps. 27:14; 37:7). It anticipates the assurance that those who wait on the Lord in Christ are never put to shame.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Job 9:11Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
- Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
- Isa 30:18Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Job 19:7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 23:8–10“If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can’t find him;
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
- Mic 7:7–9But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Ps 27:12–14Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
- Ps 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Ps 37:5–6Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
- Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Ps 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
- Ps 77:5–10I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- Isa 50:10Who among you fears Yahweh, and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.
- Rom 8:33–34Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
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