Job 35:2
“Do you think this is just 1 when you say, 'My right before God'? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
In Context
1Moreover Elihu continued, saying, 1
3For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' 1 and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?' 1
Cross References
Job 9:17For he breaks me with a tempest 1 and multiplies my wounds without cause. 1
Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands, 1 and my prayer is pure. 1
Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice, 1 the Almighty, who made my life bitter, 1
Job 34:5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, 1 but God has taken away my rights. 1
Matthew 12:36I say to you that in the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they will have said.
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 →