Job 35:5
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
In Context
4Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5And he thought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.
1 Kings 8:27Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?
Job 22:12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
Job 36:26Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.
Job 37:22Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
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 →