Job 35:6
If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
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In Context
5Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
7Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
Cross References
Job 7:20I have sinned; what should I do for you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me against you, so that I have become burdensome even to myself?
Proverbs 9:12If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil.
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 →