Job 35:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But no one asks, 'Where is God, my Maker, who gives songs in the night?'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ-ʾāmar ʾayyēh ʾĕlôah ʿōśāy nōtēn zəmirôt ballāylāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-lōʾ-ʾāmar*: conjunction + negative particle + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he does not say
• *ʾayyēh*: interrogative adverb - where?
• *ʾĕlôah*: masculine singular noun - God
• *ʿōśāy*: masculine singular participle + 1st singular suffix - my maker
• *nōtēn*: masculine singular participle - giving/who gives
• *zəmirôt*: feminine plural noun - songs/psalms
• *ballāylāh*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the night

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: to say/speak/declare
• *ʾayyēh*: where?/where is?
• *ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
• *ʿōśāy*: my maker/creator
• *nōtēn*: giving/providing/granting
• *zəmirôt*: songs/psalms/hymns
• *lāylāh*: night/darkness

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For soch one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? ad yt shyneth vpon vs, that we might prayse him in the night?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But none sayth, Where is God that made me? and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And none said, `Where `is' God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

• World English Bible (2000)

  But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 42:8 : 8 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
• Ps 149:5 : 5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.
• Acts 16:25 : 25 Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
• Isa 51:13 : 13 You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in constant fear every day because of the anger of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Ps 77:6 : 6 I consider the days of old, the years long past.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For your Maker is your husband—the Lord of Hosts is His name. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of all the earth.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator while continuing to do good.
• Job 36:13 : 13 The godless in heart harbor anger; they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
• Isa 8:21 : 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged, and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
• Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
• 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the LORD. He did not keep the word of the LORD and even sought guidance from a medium to inquire of it. 14 He did not seek guidance from the LORD, so the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David, son of Jesse.
• 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. 23 He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, for he said, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram help them, I will sacrifice to them so they may help me.' But they were the downfall of him and all of Israel.
• Job 27:10 : 10 Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
• Job 32:22 : 22 For I do not know how to flatter; otherwise, my Maker would take me away swiftly.
• Job 36:3 : 3 I will bring my knowledge from far away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.