Job 35:10 Meaning and Explanation
“But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;”
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Read Full Chapter →Elihu laments that the suffering seldom turn to seek God their Maker, who gives songs in the night.
What Does Job 35:10 Mean?
Here is the turn Elihu has been moving toward. Many cry out, he says, but few ask the deeper question: 'Where is God my maker?' The afflicted complain of their pain without seeking the One who made them and who can give 'songs in the night' — joy and praise even in the darkest hours. The omission, not the suffering, is what Elihu mourns.
'Songs in the night' is among Scripture's tenderest phrases. It promises that God meets His people not only at dawn but in the very midnight of trouble, putting a melody in the mouth of the grieving. 'In the night his song shall be with me,' the psalmist echoes (Psalm 42:8). The invitation is to seek the Maker in the dark — for He is the kind of God who answers despair with a song.
Job 35:10 in the Original Language
zemirot (זְמִרוֹת), 'songs' -- joyful songs of praise, here given by God even in the night of suffering.
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What does Job 35:10 mean?
Elihu laments that the suffering seldom turn to seek God their Maker, who gives songs in the night.