Job 35:1-6

1 Elihu antwoordde verder, en zeide:

2 Houdt gij dat voor recht, dat gij gezegd hebt: Mijn gerechtigheid is meerder dan Gods?

3 Want gij hebt gezegd: Wat zou zij u baten? Wat meer voordeel zal ik daarmede doen, dan met mijn zonde?

4 Ik zal u antwoord geven, en uw vrienden met u.

5 Bemerk den hemel en zie; en aanschouw de bovenste wolken, zij zijn hoger dan gij.

6 Indien gij zondigt, wat bedrijft gij tegen Hem? Indien uw overtredingen menigvuldig zijn, wat doet gij Hem?

Job 35:1-6 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.