Job 35:2

“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

World English Bible British

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 answered,

3that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

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Cross References

Job 9:17For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Job 27:2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

Job 34:5For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.

Matthew 12:36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement.

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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