Job 35:7

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 35:1-16

Chapter 35Elihu continues to speak, he said, Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's? ( Job 35:1-2 )Now Job didn't actually say that, but he is taking Job's words and showing that this would be the conclusion of what Job had said. "Do you think it is right that you said, 'My righteousness is more than God's'?"For you said ( Job 35:3 ),Here is what Job actually said,What advantage will it be unto me? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 35:1-16

Job 35:2 . My righteousness is more than God’s. The LXX react as the Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too strong an inference from Job’s words, when he said, Job 33:9, “I am clean without transgression: I am innocent” of all those things with which you tacitly charge me. Job 35:5 . Look unto the heavens. Elihu in the rest of his speech refers Job to the grandeur of God in the heavens, to humble him before his Maker. Job 35:10 . Who giveth songs in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 35:3-8

Job 35:3-8For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? Man’s characterNothing is so important to man as his character.I. That selfishness is an evil in man’s character.” For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?” Whether Job expressed this selfish idea or not, Elihu’s language implies that such an idea is a great evil. It is by no means an uncommon thing for men to take up religion on purely selfish motives.1.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 35:6-8

Job 35:6-8If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? Does man influence, GodElihu, in these words, brings out his views of God in the form of questions, which views are of an Epicurean character. He looks upon God as a being so far above human concerns and conduct as not to be influenced by them. There are those now who have sympathy with these sentiments. They say God is too high and too great to be affected by the sin or righteousness of man. The doctrine of the Bible is, that man’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 35:7

Job 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? Ver. 7. If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? ] Nothing, since he is self sufficient, and independent. He needeth us not, neither doth our righteousness reach him, Psalms 16:2 . The Pharisees dreamed of an over-doing of the law, and making God beholden to them. The Papists also, those modern Pharisees, talk of works of supererogation, and of merit of congruity, and merit of condignity. But these are... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 35:7

Job 22:2, Job 22:3, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Psalms 16:2, Proverbs 9:12, Romans 11:35 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:24 - for our good Job 41:11 - Who Luke 17:10 - General Acts 17:25 - is Titus 3:8 - good read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 35:6-7

6, 7. What receiveth he of thine hand Independent and above all human conduct, he is under obligations to none; a point that had been reached before in the argument. “The all-sufficient One does not need man, and it is therefore foolish in us to demand, and fume, and murmur.” “When God crowns our merits, he crowns solely his own gifts.” St. Augustine. See notes on Job 7:20; Job 22:2-3. read more