Job 35:2
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
- KJV
- Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
- WEB
- “Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
- ASV
- Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God`s,
- DARBY
- Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
- BLB
- “This do you reckon to be justice? You say, ‘I am righteous above God.’
- ÅB
- Holder du det for rett, du som har sagt: Jeg er rettferdigere enn Gud,
- OTB
- “Anser du dette for å være rettferdig?
Du hevder: ‘Min rettferdighet overgår Guds.’ - B1930
- Holder du det for rett, du som har sagt: Jeg er rettferdigere enn Gud,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:36–37
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Read in contextJob 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Read in contextJob 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Read in contextJob 19:6–7
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Read in contextLuke 19:22
And 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:
Read in contextJob 10:7
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Read in contextJob 27:2–6
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
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