Bible Strands
Job 35:10
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job during the final phase of the poetic dialogues, responding to Job’s cries for relief from oppression.
The words — אֱל֣וֹהַּ ('e.Lo.ah) means "God" and עֹשָׂ֑/י ('o.Sa/i) means "my Maker," establishing the speaker’s emphasis on divine authorship rather than immediate rescue.
The thread — The connection between night and praise surfaces in Psalms 42:8, which places God’s song alongside prayer after dark, and in Acts 16:25, where Paul and Silas sing hymns at midnight.
Why it lands — The verse states that sufferers rarely inquire about God’s ongoing creative work when deliverance is delayed. It requires the reader to acknowledge divine activity regardless of whether comfort arrives on human terms.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Cross-references
- Psalms 42:8 The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 149:5 Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Psalms 77:6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- Isaiah 51:13 But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Job 36:13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- 1 Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,