Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

King James Version

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

Holman Bible

how much less when you complain
that you do not see Him,
that your case is before Him
and you are waiting for Him.

International Standard Version

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

A Conservative Version

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

American Standard Version

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

Amplified


“Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth],
Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

Bible in Basic English

How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

Darby Translation

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

Julia Smith Translation

Also if thou shalt say thou wilt not see him, judgment is before him, and thou shalt wait for him.

King James 2000

Although you say you shall not see him, yet justice is before him; therefore you must trust in him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!

Modern King James verseion

How much less when you say you do not see Him! Judgment is before Him; you are waiting for Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"When thou speakest, then, should not he pardon thee, if thou open thyself before him, and put thy trust in him?

NET Bible

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

New Heart English Bible

How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him.

The Emphasized Bible

How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

Webster

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

World English Bible

How much less when you say you don't see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

Youngs Literal Translation

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אף 
'aph 
Usage: 134

thou sayest

Usage: 0

thou shalt not see
שׁוּר 
Shuwr 
Usage: 17

דּוּן דּין 
Diyn 
Usage: 20

is before
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Context Readings

Elihu Condemns Job

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty look upon it. 14 “How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15 But now, because he has not visited in wrath; nor is it known in great extremity;

Cross References

Job 9:11

Behold, he shall pass before me, and I shall not see him; and he shall pass on, and I shall not understand him.

Job 9:19

If we were to speak of his strength, he is certainly strong; and if of his judgment, who shall cause us to meet?

Job 19:7

Behold, I shall cry out that I have been wronged, and I shall not be heard; I shall cry aloud, and there shall be no judgment.

Job 23:3

Oh, that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:8-10

Behold, I shall go to the east and not find him; and to the west, but I cannot perceive him;

Psalm 27:12-14

Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalm 37:5-6

Gimel Turn thy way unto the LORD and wait in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 62:5

My soul, rest thou only in God, for my hope is from him.

Psalm 62:8

Wait in him at all times; ye peoples, pour out your heart before him; God is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 77:5-10

I have considered the days from the beginning, the years of the ages.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the seat of his throne.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will the LORD wait for you, that he may have mercy on you, and therefore will he be exalted having mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those that wait for him.

Isaiah 50:10

Who is among you that fears the LORD? Hearken unto the voice of his slave. He who walked in darkness and had no light; let him trust in the name of the LORD and stay upon his God.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the slaves of the LORD, and their justice from me, said the LORD.

Micah 7:7-9

Therefore I will wait for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my saving health; my God will hear me.

Romans 8:33-34

Who shall accuse the chosen of God's? God is he that justifies them.

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