Job 35:7
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
In Context
8Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:14Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand.
Psalms 16:2I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
Luke 17:10I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought 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 →