Job 35:10
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New International Version (©2011)
But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

New Living Translation (©2007)
Yet they don't ask, 'Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?

English Standard Version (©2001)
But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But no one asks, "Where is God my Maker, who provides us with songs in the night,

International Standard Version (©2012)
He never asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,

NET Bible (©2006)
But no one says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But no one asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who inspires songs in the night,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

American King James Version
But none said, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

American Standard Version
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

Darby Bible Translation
But none saith, Where is +God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

English Revised Version
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Webster's Bible Translation
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

World English Bible
But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Young's Literal Translation
And none said, 'Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

35:9-13 Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition is dark and melancholy, there is that in God's providence and promise, which is sufficient to support us, and to enable us even to rejoice in tribulation. When we only pore upon our afflictions, and neglect the consolations of God which are treasured up for us, it is just in God to reject our prayers. Even the things that will kill the body, cannot hurt the soul. If we cry to God for the removal of an affliction, and it is not removed, the reason is, not because the Lord's hand is shortened, or his ear heavy; but because we are not sufficiently humbled.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - But none saith, Where is God my Maker? The oppressed, in many cases, do not appeal to God at all. They mutter and complain and groan because of their afflictions; but they have not enough faith in God to cry to him. Or, if they do so cry, it is not in a right spirit; it is despondingly, despairingly, not confidently or cheerfully. God is one who giveth songs in the night. The truly pious man sings hymns of praise in his affliction, as Paul and Silas did in the jail at Philippi, looking to God with faith and a lively hope for deliverance.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But none saith, where is God my Maker?.... Or "Makers" (y), as in Psalm 149:2; for there are more concerned in the formation of man, Genesis 1:26; even the Father, Son, and Spirit, who are the one God that has made all men, Malachi 2:10. Now not one of the oppressed ones that cry by reason of their oppression, or very few of them, inquire after God, seek unto him for help and deliverance from their oppressions, or desire to enjoy him and his gracious presence under their afflictions and distresses; and that is one reason why they are not heard: they do not so much as consider him as the author of their beings, and be thankful to him for them; nor as the preserver of them in their beings; nor as their kind benefactor, who gives them all that they enjoy, and who is the disposer of all their affairs in providence: and if they are new creatures, or are remade, they are his workmanship; and therefore should upon all accounts seek him and submit to his will, and patiently bear all their afflictions, waiting his time to deliver them out of them: but there are few or none that regard him in this light, or make an inquiry after him, even though he has not only made them, but is he

who giveth songs in the night; which respects not the praises of the angels in the night, as the Targum; nor the shining of the moon and stars in the night, which cause praise and thankfulness; nor the singing of birds in the night, as of the nightingale; senses some give into: but matter and cause of rejoicing in the night, either taken literally, as the mercies of the day, which, when reflected upon when men come to lie down on their beds at night, and commune with their hearts there, afford them songs of praise, see Psalm 42:8. Or the mercies of the night, as sweet refreshing sleep, and preservation in safety from all dangers by fire, thieves, &c. all which are of God; and, when duly considered, will direct to encompass him with songs of deliverance, see Psalm 137:2. Or, figuratively, the night sometimes signifying a time of calamity, affliction, and distress, either on temporal or spiritual accounts; and when men seek to him in such a night with their whole hearts, and he is pleased to visit them in a gracious manner, and favour them with his presence and the discoveries of his love, this occasions songs of praise to him, Isaiah 26:9. But when men are unconcerned about and not thankful for the mercies of the day and of the night, though these administer songs unto them, it is no wonder that, when they cry through oppression, they are not heard.

(y) "factores mei"; Drusius, Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens; so Broughton.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10-13. But the reason is that the innocent sufferers often do not humbly seek God for succor; so to their "pride" is to be laid the blame of their ruin; also because (Job 35:13-16) they, as Job, instead of waiting God's time in pious trust, are prone to despair of His justice, when it is not immediately visible (Job 33:19-26). If the sufferer would apply to God with a humbled, penitent spirit, He would hear.

Where, &c.—(Jer 2:6, 8; Isa 51:13).

songs—of joy at deliverance (Ps 42:8; 149:5; Ac 16:25).

in the night—unexpectedly (Job 34:20, 25). Rather, "in calamity."

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Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
…9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10But none said, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night; 11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven? …

Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Job 4:17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
Job 21:14 Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.
Job 27:10 Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
Job 36:13 "The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
Psalm 42:8 By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 77:6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
Psalm 149:5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
Isaiah 51:13 that you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?