Amsal 15:29
Konteks15:29 The Lord is far 1 from the wicked,
but he hears 2 the prayer of the righteous. 3
Ayub 35:13
Konteks35:13 Surely it is an empty cry 4 – God does not hear it;
the Almighty does not take notice of it.
Amsal 28:9
Konteks28:9 The one who turns away his ear 5 from hearing the law,
even his prayer 6 is an abomination. 7
Yohanes 9:31
Konteks9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to 8 sinners, but if anyone is devout 9 and does his will, God 10 listens to 11 him. 12
[15:29] 1 sn To say that the
[15:29] 2 sn The verb “hear” (שָׁמַע, shama’) has more of the sense of “respond to” in this context. If one “listens to the voice of the
[15:29] 3 sn God’s response to prayer is determined by the righteousness of the one who prays. A prayer of repentance by the wicked is an exception, for by it they would become the righteous (C. H. Toy, Proverbs [ICC], 316).
[35:13] 4 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.”
[28:9] 5 sn The expression “turn away the ear from hearing” uses a metonymy to mean that this individual will not listen – it indicates a deliberate refusal to follow the instruction of the law.
[28:9] 6 sn It is hard to imagine how someone who willfully refuses to obey the law of God would pray according to the will of God. Such a person is more apt to pray for some physical thing or make demands on God. (Of course a prayer of repentance would be an exception and would not be an abomination to the
[28:9] 7 sn C. H. Toy says, “If a man, on his part, is deaf to instruction, then God, on his part, is deaf to prayer” (Proverbs [ICC], 499). And W. McKane observes that one who fails to attend to God’s law is a wicked person, even if he is a man of prayer (Proverbs [OTL], 623).
[9:31] 8 tn Grk “God does not hear.”
[9:31] 10 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.