Job 35:13

“Surely God will not hear vanity, etc.] Or “a lie” f1221, than which nothing is more an abomination to him; if men come to him with a lie in their mouths, they cannot expect to be heard by him; he is only nigh to those who call upon him in truth: or that which is “rash” f1222; which is rashly uttered, and in a passionate wrathful manner, savouring of a revengeful spirit, too often the case of those that cry under oppression; (see <210502>Ecclesiastes 5:2 <540208>1 Timothy 2:8); or vain and empty prayers, a speech of vanity, as Aben Ezra; which as to the matter of them are about vain and empty things; only for outward mercies, worldly goods; and not for spiritual mercies, or such things as are…”

“vanity--that is, cries uttered in an unhumbled spirit, Job 35:12, which applies in some degree to Job's cries; still more to those of the wicked (Job 27:9; Pro 15:29).”

“Surely God will not hear vanity - A vain, hollow, heartless petition. The object of Elihu here is to account for the reason why sufferers are not relieved - having his eye, doubtless, on the case of Job as one of the most remarkable of the kind. The solution which he here gives of the difficulty is, that it is not consistent for God to hear a prayer where there is no sincerity. Of the “truth” of the remark there can be no doubt, but he seems to have taken it for granted that all prayers offered by unrelieved sufferers are thus insincere and hollow. This was needfull in his view to account for the fact under consideration, and this he “assumes” as being unquestionable. Yet the very point…”

“Vanity - Vain persons, that have no wisdom or piety in them. Job 35:14”

“God: Job 22:22-27, Job 27:8, Job 27:9; Pro 15:8, Pro 15:29, Pro 28:9; Ecc 5:1-3; Isa 1:15; Jer 11:11; Hos 7:14, Hos 8:2, Hos 8:3; Mat 6:7, Mat 20:21, Mat 20:22; Jam 4:3 regard: Job 30:20; Psa 102:17; Amo 5:22 Job 35:14”