Job 35:13

Surely it is an empty cry ¹  – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.

"Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.

But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.

There's nothing behind such prayers except panic; the Almighty pays them no mind.

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.

Surely God will not listen to empty talk , Nor will the Almighty regard it.

Surely it is an empty cry ¹  – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

¹ tn Heb “surely – vanity, he does not hear.” The cry is an empty cry, not a prayer to God. Dhorme translates it, “It is a pure waste of words.”