Job 35:4

4 "Well, I'm going to show you that you don't know what you're talking about, neither you nor your friends.

Job 35:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 35:4

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
] Meaning not his three friends, as the Septuagint version expresses it; for they were not on the side of Job, and of the same sentiment with him, but rather on the side of Elihu; especially Eliphaz, who expresses much the same sentiment he does, ( Job 22:2 Job 22:3 ) ; but all that were of the same mind with Job, whether present or absent, or in whatsoever part of the world; the answer he should return to him would serve for them all, and sufficiently confute such a bad notion of God, let it be embraced by whomsoever.

Job 35:4 In-Context

2 "Does this kind of thing make any sense? First you say, 'I'm perfectly innocent before God.'
3 And then you say, 'It doesn't make a bit of difference whether I've sinned or not.'
4 "Well, I'm going to show you that you don't know what you're talking about, neither you nor your friends.
5 Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look. See those clouds towering above you?
6 If you sin, what difference could that make to God? No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him?
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