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Job 35:7
7If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?
Context of Job 35:7
5Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you. 6If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. 9“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
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אִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־ל֑וֹ א֥וֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:7
- Job 22:2“Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him?
- 1 Chronicles 29:14“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
- Psalms 16:2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
- Romans 11:35“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay 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
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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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