Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Job 35:6 in other translations
| BSB | If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? |
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| WEB | If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? |
| ASV | If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
| YLT | If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him? |
| DARBY | If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
| BBE | If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him? |
| Webster | If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him? |
What does Job 35:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 35:5-8
5-8. Elihu like Eliphaz (Job 22:2, 3, 12) shows that God is too exalted in nature to be susceptible of benefit or hurt from the righteousness or sin of men respectively; it is themselves that they benefit by righteousness, or hurt by sin. behold the clouds, which are higher than thou--spoken with irony. Not only are they higher than thou, but thou canst not even reach them clearly with the eye. Yet these are not as…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 35:1-8
Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of our sins or of our services! We have no reason to complain if we have not what we expect, but should be thankful that we have better than we deserve.
Job 35:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 35:6
- Jeremiah 7:19
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
- Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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Context
- Job 35:5
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
- Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Job 35:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si pecares, ¿qué habrás hecho contra él? y si tus rebeliones se multiplicaren, ¿qué le harás tú? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu pèches, quel tort lui causes-tu? et si tes transgressions se multiplient, que lui as-tu fait? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du sündigst, was tust du ihm an? und mehren sich deine Übertretungen, was fügst du ihm zu? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum? |