Job 35:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 35:7

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?

7 ^aIf you are righteous, what do you give Him?
Or what does He receive from your hand?

8 Your wickedness affects a man such as you,
And your righteousness a son of man.

9 “Because^a of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

10 But no one says, ^a‘Where is God my Maker,
^bWho gives songs in the night,

Verse Comparison: Job 35:7

American Standard Version
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

Amplified® Bible
If you are righteous, what do you [by that] give God? Or what does He receive from your hand?

Contemporary English Version
Is any good you may have done at all helpful to him?

Darby English Version
If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

Good News Bible
Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you.

King James Version
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

New American Standard Bible
"If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?

New International Version
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
or what does he receive from your hand?

New King James Version
If you are righteous, what do you give Him?
Or what does He receive from your hand?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If you have righteousness, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?

Revised Standard Version
If you are 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?

New English Translation
If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?