Job 35:2
“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
In Context
1Then Elihu continued, saying,
3And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Cross References
Job 9:17He pounds me with the winds of a storm; he wounds me time and again, without giving a reason.
Job 16:17although I have done nothing wrong and my prayer is pure.
Job 27:2“I promise you—as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
Job 34:5Job said, ‘I am innocent, and God has denied me justice.
Matthew 12:36I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment.
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 →