Job 35:4

Job 35:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will answer you and your friends with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will answer you, And your companions with you.

Context of Job 35:4

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?’ I will answer you, And your companions with you. 5Look to the heavens and see; And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you. 6If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him?

Job 35:4 word by word

אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will answerמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• I will answerשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• thee, and thy companionsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453

Cross-references for Job 35:4

• Job 34:8Who goes in company with those who do evil And walks with wicked men?
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise, But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.

Commentaries on Job 35:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I will answer thee - I will show thee the evil of a sinful way, and the benefit of righteousness; and supply what thy friends have omitted in their discourses with thee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I will answer thee - Margin, “return to thee words.” Elihu meant to explain this more fully than it had been done by the friends of Job, and to show where Job was in error. And thy companions with thee - Eliphaz, in Job 22:2, had taken up the same inquiry, and proposed to discuss the subject, but he had gone at once into severe charges against Job, and been drawn into language of harsh crimination, instead of making the matter clear, and Elihu now…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8Elihu tried to answer his own question (35:2). But his response did not add anything new compared to: Zophar (11:8–9). Eliphaz (22:12). Bildad (25:5–6). Job (9:8–10). Elihu did not realize that all sin offends God (Genesis 39:9; Matthew 25:41–46; compare Proverbs 19:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. companions--those entertaining like sentiments with thee (Job 34:8, 36).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 35:4

• Man

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