Job 35:7

Job 35:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
• New International Version (NIV)If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
• English Standard Version (ESV)If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
• New King James Version (NKJV)If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

Context of Job 35:7

5Look up at the sky to see what is there. Look at the clouds that are so high above you. 6If you do something that is wrong, it does not hurt God. Even if you do many wrong things, it does nothing to him. If you are righteous, that does nothing to help God. He does not receive anything that he needs from you. 8If you do wicked things, it is other people who suffer, not God. And if you do good things, you are only helping other people. 9When people suffer, they call aloud for help. They cry for help when powerful people attack them.

Job 35:7 word by word

אִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־ל֑וֹ א֥וֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If thou be righteousצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• what givestנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thou him? or what receivethלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• he of thine handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Job 35:7

• Job 22:2‘Nothing that a man can do will help God. Even a wise man cannot help God.
• 1 Chronicles 29:14But I and my people are like nothing. How are we able to give all these gifts to help your work? Everything that we have comes from you. So we are giving back to you things that already belong to you.
• Psalms 16:2I have said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord. All the good things that I have in my life are gifts from you.’
• Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, it will help you in many ways. But if you think that you do not need wisdom, you will bring trouble on yourself.
• Romans 11:35‘Nobody has ever given anything to God, so that God had a debt to pay back to them.’

Commentaries on Job 35:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? - The same sentiment substantially as in the previous verses. It is, that God is supreme and independent. He does not desire such benefits from the services of his friends and is not so dependent on them; as to be induced to interpose in their favor, in any way beyond what is strictly proper. It is to be presumed, therefore, that he will deal with them according to what is right, and as it is right that they…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. 5-85-8. Elihu like Eliphaz (Job 22:2, 3, 12) shows that God is too exalted in nature to be susceptible of benefit or hurt from the righteousness or sin of men respectively; it is themselves that they benefit by righteousness, or hurt by sin. behold the clouds, which are higher than thou--spoken with irony. Not only are they higher than thou, but thou canst not even reach them clearly with the eye. Yet these are not as high as God's seat. God is therefore too…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 35:7

• God
• Man
• Self-Righteousness

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