KJV King James Version
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
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Job 35:10
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
WEB World English Bible
But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
ASV American Standard Version
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And none said, ‘Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Surrounding context — Job 35
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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Psalm 42:8[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.Psalm 149:5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.Acts 16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.Psalm 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.Isaiah 51:13And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where [is] the fury of the oppressor?Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.1 Peter 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.2 Chronicles 28:22-23And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.Job 32:22For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?1 Chronicles 10:13-14So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to inquire [of it];Psalm 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.Job 36:3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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