Job 35:13 meaning and explanation

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

Job 35:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Elihu, a younger bystander, is answering Job’s complaint that God seems indifferent to his innocence. In verse 13 he argues that God does not hear “empty pleas,” a phrase suggesting cries that are insincere or presumptuous rather than honest lament.

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