Job 35:1-7

1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est

2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum

3 dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero

4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum

5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit

6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum

7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet

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.