Job 35:2

הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

In Context

1וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

3כִּֽי ־ תֹאמַר מַה ־ יִּסְכָּן ־ לָךְ מָֽה ־ אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Job 9:17אֲשֶׁר ־ בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּֽם ׃

Job 16:17עַל לֹא ־ חָמָס בְּכַפָּי וּֽתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּֽה ׃

Job 27:2חַי ־ אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִֽׁי ׃

Job 34:5כִּֽי ־ אָמַר אִיּוֹב צָדַקְתִּי וְאֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי ׃

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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