Job 35:7

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

In Context

6If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

8A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:14For who am I, and what is my people, that we should possess the power to offer voluntarily after this sort? for from thee is every thing, and out of thy own have we given unto thee.

Psalms 16:2[O my soul], thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my happiness is not without thee;

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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