Job 35:1

Job 35:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Elihu spake moreover, and said,
• New International Version (NIV)Then Elihu said:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Elihu answered and said:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover Elihu answered and said:

Context of Job 35:1

Elihu continued speaking [to Job] and said, 2“Do you think this is according to [your] justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? 3For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]? What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’

Job 35:1 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Elihuאֱלִיהוּ'ĕlîyhû 'ĕlîyhû' · ElihuH453
• spakeעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• moreover, and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Job 35:1

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Elihu spake - Hebrew, ויען vaya‛an “And he answered”; the word “answer” being used, as it is often in the Scriptures, to denote the commencement of a discourse. We may suppose that Elihu had paused at the close of his second discourse, possibly with a view to see whether there was any disposition to reply.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Elihu speaks of man's conduct. (1-8) Why those who cry out under afflictions are not regarded. (9-13) Elihu reproves Job's impatience. (14-16) Verses 1-8 Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of our sins or of our services! We have no reason to complain if we have not what we expect, but should be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-16Job 35:1-16. 2. more than--rather as in Job 9:2; 25:4: "I am righteous (literally, my righteousness is) before God." The English Version, however, agrees with Job 9:17; 16:12-17; 27:2-6. Job 4:17 is susceptible of either rendering. Elihu means Job said so, not in so many words, but virtually.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Advantage
• Elihu
• Heaven

Commentaries on Job 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary