Job 35:12
Good News Translation
They cry for help, but God doesn't answer, for they are proud and evil.

New Revised Standard Version
There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

Contemporary English Version
God won't listen to the prayers of proud and evil people.

New American Bible
Though thus they cry out, he does not answer because of the pride of the wicked.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

There

Psalm 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

Proverbs 1:28 Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

John 9:31 Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.

because

Psalm 73:6-8 Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness. . . .

Psalm 123:3,4 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. . . .

Isaiah 14:14-17 I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High. . . .

Context
Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. 12There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.13God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.…
Cross References
Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Proverbs 1:28
Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Job 35:11
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