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Selected Verse: Job 35:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 35:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Thinkest [02803] thou this to be right [04941], that thou saidst [0559], My righteousness [06664] is more than God's [0410]? |
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King James |
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Job 35:1-16)
more than--rather as in Job 9:2; Job 25:4 : "I am righteous (literally, my righteousness is) before God." The English Version, however, agrees with Job 9:17; Job 16:12-17; Job 27:2-6. Job 4:17 is susceptible of either rendering. Elihu means Job said so, not in so many words, but virtually. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thinkest 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 on his own sincerity and uprightness of life; he had maintained that he had not been guilty of such crimes as to make these calamities deserved, and he had indulged in severe reflections on the dealings of God with him; compare Job 9:30-35; Job 10:13-15. All this Elihu interprets as equivalent to saying, that he was more righteous than his Maker. It cannot be denied that Job had given occasion for this interpretation to be put on his sentiments, though it cannot be supposed that he would have affirmed this in so many words. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thou saidst - Not that Job said this in express terms, but he said those things from which this might seem to follow, as that God had punished him more than he deserved. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| My 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 צדקי מאל 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. |
17 Shall mortal man [0582] be more just [06663] than God [0433]? shall a man [01397] be more pure [02891] than his maker [06213]?
2 As God [0410] liveth [02416], who hath taken away [05493] my judgment [04941]; and the Almighty [07706], who hath vexed [04843] my soul [05315];
3 All the while [05750] my breath [05397] is in me, and the spirit [07307] of God [0433] is in my nostrils [0639];
4 My lips [08193] shall not speak [01696] wickedness [05766], nor my tongue [03956] utter [01897] deceit [07423].
5 God forbid [02486] that I should justify [06663] you: till I die [01478] I will not remove [05493] mine integrity [08538] from me.
6 My righteousness [06666] I hold [02388] fast, and will not let it go [07503]: my heart [03824] shall not reproach [02778] me so long as I live [03117].
12 I was at ease [07961], but he hath broken me asunder [06565]: he hath also taken [0270] me by my neck [06203], and shaken me to pieces [06327], and set me up [06965] for his mark [04307].
13 His archers [07228] compass me round about [05437], he cleaveth [06398] my reins [03629] asunder [06398], and doth not spare [02550]; he poureth out [08210] my gall [04845] upon the ground [0776].
14 He breaketh [06555] me with breach [06556] upon [06440] breach [06556], he runneth [07323] upon me like a giant [01368].
15 I have sewed [08609] sackcloth [08242] upon my skin [01539], and defiled [05953] my horn [07161] in the dust [06083].
16 My face [06440] is foul [02560] with weeping [01065], and on my eyelids [06079] is the shadow of death [06757];
17 Not for any injustice [02555] in mine hands [03709]: also my prayer [08605] is pure [02134].
17 For he breaketh [07779] me with a tempest [08183], and multiplieth [07235] my wounds [06482] without cause [02600].
4 How then can man [0582] be justified [06663] with God [0410]? or how can he be clean [02135] that is born [03205] of a woman [0802]?
2 I know [03045] it is so of a truth [0551]: but how should man [0582] be just [06663] with God [0410]?
13 And these things hast thou hid [06845] in thine heart [03824]: I know [03045] that this is with thee.
14 If I sin [02398], then thou markest [08104] me, and thou wilt not acquit [05352] me from mine iniquity [05771].
15 If I be wicked [07561], woe [0480] unto me; and if I be righteous [06663], yet will I not lift up [05375] my head [07218]. I am full [07649] of confusion [07036]; therefore see [07202] [07200] thou mine affliction [06040];
30 If I wash [07364] myself with [07950] snow water [04325] [01119], and make my hands [03709] never [01252] [01253] so clean [02141];
31 Yet [0227] shalt thou plunge [02881] me in the ditch [07845], and mine own clothes [08008] shall abhor [08581] me.
32 For he is not a man [0376], as I am, that I should answer [06030] him, and we should come [0935] together [03162] in judgment [04941].
33 Neither is [03426] there any daysman [03198] betwixt us, that might lay [07896] his hand [03027] upon us both [08147].
34 Let him take [05493] his rod [07626] away [05493] from me, and let not his fear [0367] terrify [01204] me:
35 Then would I speak [01696], and not fear [03372] him; but it is not so with me.