Job 35:2

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 spake moreover, and said, Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? 3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

Job 35:2 word by word

הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Thinkestחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• thou this to be rightמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• thou saidstאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• My righteousnessצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
• more than God’sאֵל'êl · GodH410

Cross-references for Job 35:2

• Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
• Luke 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
• Job 9:17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
• Job 10:7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
• Job 16:17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
• Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
• Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
• Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
• Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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

Topics related to Job 35:2

• 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