Job 35:6

If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

In Context

5Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

7And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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Cross References

Job 7:20I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself?

Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear 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 →

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