Job 35:7
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
In Context
8Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I and what is my people, that we have power to give so freely in this way? for all things come from you, and what we have given you is yours.
Psalms 16:2O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.
Luke 17:10In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.
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 →