New English Translation
Job 35:1-8
2“Do you think this to be just: when you say, ‘My right before God.’
3But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’ and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’
4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.
5Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?
7If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
Notes
- 1. Job 35:1 This short speech falls into two sections: Elihu refutes Job’s claim that goodness avails nothing (35:2-8), asserting that when the cry of the afflicted goes unanswered they have not learned their lesson (35:9-16). ↩
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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