Job 35:2

What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

In Context

1Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

3That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

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Cross References

Job 9:17For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Job 27:2As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

Job 34:5For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.

Matthew 12:36But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9

The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →

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