Job 35:2

Job 35:2

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Elihu Condemns Self-Righteousness

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:

2 “Do you think this is right?
Do you say,
‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

3 For ^ayou say,
‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

4 “I will answer you,
And ^ayour companions with you.

5 ^aLook to the heavens and see;
And behold the clouds—
They are higher than you.

6 If you sin, what do you accomplish ^aagainst Him?
Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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My righteousness is more than God' s? - This would indeed be a blasphemous saying; but Job never said so, neither directly nor constructively: it would be much better to translate the words tsidki meel , I am righteous Before God. And Job' s meaning most certainly was, "Whatever I am in your sight, I know that in the sight of God I am a righteous man;" and he had a right to assume this character, because God himself had given it to him.

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