Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Job 35:7 in other translations
| BSB | If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? |
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| WEB | If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? |
| ASV | If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? |
| YLT | If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? |
| DARBY | If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand? |
| BBE | If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand? |
| Webster | If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand? |
What does Job 35:7 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…
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 35:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 35:7
- Psalms 16:2
O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Job 22:2-3
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Luke 17:10
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
- Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Romans 11:35
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
- 1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
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Context
- 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 35:8
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Job 35:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si fueres justo, ¿qué le darás á él? ¿ó qué recibirá de tu mano? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu es juste, que lui donnes-tu, ou que reçoit-il de ta main? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du gerecht bist, was gibst du ihm, oder was empfängt er aus deiner Hand? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei? aut quid de manu tua accipiet? |