What Does Job 35:12 Mean in the King James?
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The unanswered cry exposes the pride that stands between an appeal and a response.
THE MEANING
When you cry under the weight of arrogant harm, this verse names what surrounds the silence: the pride of those doing evil. Your appeal remains real even when no answer comes; the verse leaves that absence visible.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A cry does not guarantee an immediate answer; this verse holds the appeal and the silence together.
THE ROOT
יִצְעֲקוּ
yits'aqu
GROWS FROM
צעק
צָעַק (tsa’aq): to cry out, raise an urgent appeal.
The verb צעק makes this a voiced appeal, not merely suffering kept inside. Its related forms can name a cry that remains unanswered here or one that reaches someone who hears it.
ALSO GROWS
tse'aqah: cry, outcry, appeal for help
צְעָקָה
This noun from צעק shows that the cry in the verse belongs to the language of an expressed appeal, not a hidden feeling.
tsa'aqat: cry of; the construct form of צְעָקָה
צַעֲקַת
In Exodus 3:9, this form names the oppressed people’s cry that comes before God, showing that the same root can describe an outcry that is heard.
יַעֲנֶה
ya'aneh
GROWS FROM
ענה
עָנָה (anah): to answer or respond.
“answer” in this verse is ya'aneh. The paired words for crying and answering leave a clear space between appeal and reply. Crying is present, but response is absent; the verse does not treat the appeal as though it has already been met.
ALSO GROWS
anah: he answered or responded
עָנָה
This verbal form shares the root ענה and names the response missing from the verse’s scene.
ma'aneh: answer, response
מַעֲנֶה
This noun from ענה gives the missing reply a concrete name: a response that would meet the appeal.
THE PATTERN
The cry of the afflicted makes the presence or absence of a response impossible to hide.
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?THE THREAD
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.The Hebrew word צַעֲקַת (tsa’aqat), “cry of,” comes from the same root צעק as “they cry” here. Job shows the outcry left unanswered amid evil men’s pride; Exodus uses that same root for a cry that comes before one who sees the oppression.
Read the SDV Bible.
Every verse has a Deep Dive in the app.
The iPhone Bible app with the Selah Decoded Version.
Does something in this reading look wrong? Tell us