Job 35:1-10

Elihu Sharply Reproves Job

1 Then Elihu continued and said,

2 "Do you think this is according to ¹justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '?

3 "For you say, '²What advantage will it be to You? ³What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'

4 "I will answer * you, And your friends with you.

5 "⁴Look at the heavens and see; And behold ⁵the clouds -they are higher than you.

6 "If you have sinned, ⁶what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

7 "If you are righteous, ⁷what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?

8 "Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.

9 "Because of the ⁸multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm ⁹of the mighty.

10 "But ¹⁰no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who ¹¹gives songs in the night,

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Job 35:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 35

Is this chapter Elihu goes on to charge Job with other unbecoming speeches, which he undertakes to refute; as that he had represented his cause more just than God's, and religion and righteousness as things unprofitable to men, only to God; to which Elihu takes upon him to make answer, Job 35:1-8; and that the cries of the oppressed were not heard by the Lord, so as to give occasion to songs of praise and thankfulness, to which he replies, Job 35:9-13; and that Job had expressed diffidence and despair of ever seeing and enjoying the favour of God, which he endeavours to remove, Job 35:14-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. Job 27:2
2. Job 34:9
3. Job 9:30, 31
4. Genesis 15:5; Psalms 8:3
5. Job 22:12
6. Job 7:20; Proverbs 8:36; Jeremiah 7:19
7. Job 22:2, 3; Proverbs 9:12; Luke 17:10; Romans 11:35
8. Exodus 2:23
9. Job 12:19
10. Job 21:14; Job 27:10; Job 36:13; Isaiah 51:13
11. Job 8:21; Psalms 42:8; Psalms 77:6; Psalms 149:5; Acts 16:25

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "you"