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Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.
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What is an 'Empty Cry'?
An 'empty' or 'vain' prayer is not merely insincere. Commentators explain it can also be a cry that is rash, vengeful, focused only on worldly relief rather than spiritual matters, or offered from a proud and unhumbled heart that fails to acknowledge God's goodness even in hardship.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Surely God will not hear vanity—A vain, hollow, heartless petition. The object of Elihu here is to explain why sufferers are not re…
19th Century
Anglican
God will not hear vanity. —Some understand this as part of the cry in Job 35:12: “Seeing it is all in vain, God doth not hear,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Surely God will not hear vanity Or "a lie" F26 , than which nothing is more an abomination to him; if men…
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Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. He did not know how to reconcile this with the justice …
13th Century
Catholic
After Eliud had rejected Job's words—because in his estimation Job attributed evil to divine judgment—he now intends to rebuke him for saying that …
