Job 35:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Thou shalt not see him; or, thou canst not see him; the future tense of the indicative mood being oft put potentially; i.e. thou canal not have thy desire in appearing and pleading thy cause before him. So this is a new matter, and Elihu answers another objection of Job s, of which see Job 23:8,9, and tells him that he is not to judge of God by present appearance; because though God may for a season hide his face, and delay to give him an answer, yet he will certainly do him right. Before him, i.e. before God, or in his presence, or at his tribunal, or in all his ways and admininstrations. And judgment is put for justice or just judgment, as it is Job 8:3 Psalms 37:28, Psalms 99:4, and oft elsewhere. So the sense is, God is and will show himself to be just in all his ways, and therefore thou dost wickedly in reflecting upon God's justice. Or, yet judge thyself before him; instead of accusing God, condemn thyself, acknowledge thy sins, and then thou mayst hope for mercy. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:31. Trust thou in him; instead of murmuring against him, put thy trust in him. Repent of what is past, and humble thyself under God's hand, and do not despond for the future, but wait upon God patiently in his way till deliverance come to thee; for it will certainly come if thou dost not hinder it.

Job 35:14

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.