Job 35:5
Look at the heavens and see,—and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
In Context
4I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad and said—Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.
1 Kings 8:27But, in very deed, will God dwell, upon the earth? Lo! the heaven, yea the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?
Job 22:12Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.
Job 36:26Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
Job 37:22Out of the north, a golden light cometh, Upon GOD, is fearful splendour:
Isaiah 40:22It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers,—Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
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 →