Job 35:2 "Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right, not God.'

◄ Job 35:2 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
"Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right, not God.'

English Standard Version
“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’

New American Standard Bible
"Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '?

King James Bible
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you think it is just when you say, "I am righteous before God"?

International Standard Version
"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?'

American Standard Version
Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?

Darby Bible Translation
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Young's Literal Translation
This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

Cross References

Job 27:2
As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;

Job 35:1
Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. more than—rather as in Job 9:2; 25:4: "I am righteous (literally, my righteousness is) before God." The English Version, however, agrees with Job 9:17; 16:12-17; 27:2-6. Job 4:17 is susceptible of either rendering. Elihu means Job said so, not in so many words, but virtually.