Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand? New Living Translation If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him? English Standard Version If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand? Berean Standard Bible If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? King James Bible If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? New King James Version If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? New American Standard Bible “If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand? NASB 1995 “If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand? NASB 1977 “If you are righteous, what do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? Legacy Standard Bible If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand? Amplified Bible “If you are righteous, what do you give God, Or what does He receive from your hand? Christian Standard Bible If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand? Holman Christian Standard Bible If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? American Standard Version If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? Contemporary English Version Is any good you may have done at all helpful to him? English Revised Version If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? GOD'S WORD® Translation If you're righteous, what can you give him, or what can he get from you? Good News Translation Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you. International Standard Version If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts? Majority Standard Bible If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? NET Bible If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? New Heart English Bible If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? Webster's Bible Translation If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand? World English Bible If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you have been righteous, "" What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? Young's Literal Translation If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? Smith's Literal Translation If thou wert just, what wilt thou give to him? or what shall he take from thy hand? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand? Catholic Public Domain Version Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand? New American Bible If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand? New Revised Standard Version If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you have been righteous, what do you profit him, or what does he receive from you? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand? Brenton Septuagint Translation And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice…6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? 7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.… Cross References Psalm 16:2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.” Romans 11:35 “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” Luke 17:10 So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” 1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? Psalm 50:9-12 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, / for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. / I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. ... Acts 17:25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. 1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You. Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’” Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” John 15:5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. 1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Psalm 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. Treasury of Scripture If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand? Job 22:2,3 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? … 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. Psalm 16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; Jump to Previous Givest Hand Receive Receiveth Righteous UprightJump to Next Givest Hand Receive Receiveth Righteous UprightJob 35 1. Comparison is not to be made with God, 6. because our good or evil cannot extend unto him 9. Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith If you are righteous The Hebrew word for "righteous" is "צַדִּיק" (tsaddiq), which conveys the idea of being just, lawful, or morally upright. In the context of Job, this phrase challenges the notion of human righteousness in relation to God. Historically, righteousness was seen as adherence to God's laws and commands. However, Elihu, the speaker in this passage, is emphasizing that even if one is righteous, it does not add to God's essence or being. This reflects the conservative Christian understanding that human righteousness, while important, is ultimately insufficient to affect God's nature or His sovereign plans. what do you give Him or what does He receive from your hand? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you are righteous, צָ֭דַקְתָּ (ṣā·ḏaq·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6663: To be just or righteous what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what do you give Him, תִּתֶּן־ (tit·ten-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set or א֥וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what does He receive יִקָּֽח׃ (yiq·qāḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take from your hand? מִיָּדְךָ֥ (mî·yā·ḏə·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand Links Job 35:7 NIVJob 35:7 NLT Job 35:7 ESV Job 35:7 NASB Job 35:7 KJV Job 35:7 BibleApps.com Job 35:7 Biblia Paralela Job 35:7 Chinese Bible Job 35:7 French Bible Job 35:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 35:7 If you are righteous what do you (Jb) |
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