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Job 35:2
2‘The things that you say cannot be true. You say, “I am more right than God is.”
Job 35:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
- New International Version (NIV)“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
Context of Job 35:2
1Elihu continued to speak to Job. This is what he said: ‘The things that you say cannot be true. You say, “I am more right than God is.” 3But you also say, “If I do nothing wrong, God does not bless me. No good thing comes to me.” 4Now I will give you an answer. I will also speak to the friends who are with you.
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הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:2
- Matthew 12:36I tell you this: One day, God will judge everybody. On that day, he will ask you about every useless word that you have spoken.
- Luke 19:22The king replied, “You are a very bad servant! I will use your own words to show you that you have done the wrong thing. You say that I tell people what they should do all the time. That I take things that I did not work for. That I take food from fields where I did not plant any seed. Did you know all that about me?
- Job 9:17He would attack me with a strong storm. He would hurt me even more, for no reason.
- Job 10:7You know that I am not guilty. But you also know that no one can save me from your power.
- Job 16:17But I have not been cruel. And when I pray, I speak honestly to God.
- Job 19:6But you should realize that God has caused all my troubles. He is the one who has caught me in his trap.
- Job 27:2‘Almighty God has not been fair to me. He has caused my life to be very sad. As surely as he lives, I promise this:
- Job 34:5Job has said, “I am not guilty. But God refuses to judge me in a fair way.
- Job 40:8Do you say that I am not a fair judge? Do you want to show that I am guilty, not you? Then you could say that you are right.
Commentaries on Job 35:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2My righteousness is more than God's? - This would indeed be a blasphemous saying; but Job never said so, neither directly nor constructively: it would be much better to translate the words מאל צדקי tsidki meel, I am righteous Before God. And Job's meaning most certainly was, "Whatever I am in your sight, I know that in the sight of God I am a righteous man;" and he had a right to assume this character, because God himself had given it to him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thinkest thou this to be right? - This is the point which Elihu now proposes to examine. He, therefore, solemnly appeals to Job himself to determine whether he could himself say that he thought such a sentiment correct. That thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God‘s - Job had nowhere said this in so many words, but Elihu regarded it as the substance of what he had said, or thought that what he had said amounted to the same thing. He had dwelt much…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
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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
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