Job 35:1-7

1 Elihu continued,

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?

7 If you do what is right, how does that help him? What does he get from you?

Job 35:1-7 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.