Surely God will not hear vanity, neither
will the Almighty regard it.
BSB
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
WEB
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
YLT
Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
F.O.G Original
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F.O.G MSG
¹³Surely God does not listen to their empty cryᵃ;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.
Footnotes:
¹³ᵃ Empty cry: Elihu suggests that when people cry out from selfish motives or pride rather than genuine humility before God, their prayers are hollow and ineffective.