The Meaning of Job 35:14 Explained

Job 35:14

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 35:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 35:1-16 - Songs In The Night
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but themselves. There is no motive, therefore, of retaliation or revenge in His chastisements. "Not for His pleasure," the Holy Ghost saith in another place, "but for our profit," Hebrews 12:10.
Instead of seeking after God our Maker, who can give songs in the darkest night that ever befell a human spirit, we are too apt to despair. Instead of crying to God, we cry against Him. We murmur and complain. We arraign God. There is our pride, Job 35:12. We regard iniquity in our heart, and God cannot answer us until we change our note for one of loving, trustful submission. God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Let us change our temper and our note. Have done with the proud self-will that chafes and argues and complains. This will not speed thy cause at God's bar. Humble thyself under His mighty hand, and He will exalt thee. "The meek He will teach His way." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 35

1  Comparison is not to be made with God,
6  because our good or evil cannot extend unto him
9  Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith

What do the individual words in Job 35:14 mean?

Although Although you say not you do see Him [Yet] justice [is] before Him and you must wait for Him
אַ֣ף כִּֽי־ תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ

אַ֣ף  Although 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
כִּֽי־  Although 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תֹ֭אמַר  you  say 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ  you  do  see  Him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּר  
Sense: to see, behold, observe, regard.
דִּ֥ין  [Yet]  justice  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּין 
Sense: judgment.
לְ֝פָנָ֗יו  before  Him 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל  and  you  must  wait 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: חוּל 
Sense: to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained.
לֽוֹ  for  Him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular