Job 35:4

4 "I'd like to reply to you and to your friends who are with you.

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 "Job, do you think it's fair for you to say, 'God will clear me of all charges'?

3 You ask him, 'What good is it for me not to sin? What do I get by not sinning?'

4 "I'd like to reply to you and to your friends who are with you.

5 Look up at the heavens. Observe the clouds that are high above you.

6 If you sin, what does that mean to God? If you sin many times, what does that do to him?