Job 35:5

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

In Context

4I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

6If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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Cross References

Genesis 15:5and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

1 Kings 8:27But, is it true? — God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

Job 22:12Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

Job 36:26Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.

Job 37:22From the golden north it cometh, Beside God [is] fearful honour.

Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them 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 →

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