Job 35:2
Whether thy thought seemeth even, either rightful, to thee, that thou shouldest say, I am right-fuller than God? [or I am more rightwise than God?]
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
In Context
1Therefore Elihu spake again, (and said) these things,
Cross References
Job 9:17For in a whirlwind he shall all-break me, and he shall multiply my wounds, yea, without cause. (For he shall all-break me with a whirlwind, and he shall multiply my wounds, yea, for no reason.)
Job 16:17I suffered these things without (any) wickedness of mine hand, or work, (and) when I had clean prayers to God.
Job 27:2God liveth, that hath taken away my doom, and Almighty God, that hath brought my soul to bitterness. (The Lord God liveth, who hath taken away my justice, and Almighty God, who hath brought my soul to bitterness.)
Job 34:5For Job said, I am just, and God hath turned my justness upside down. (For Job said, I am innocent, but God hath turned my justice, or my sentence, upside down.)
Matthew 12:36And I say to you, that of every idle word, that men speak, they shall yield reason thereof in the day of doom; (And I tell you, that for every idle word, that men speak, they shall have to give a reason for it on 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 →