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Job 35:5 KJV
Job · chapter 35 · verse 5
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.Job 35:5 · King James Version
Job 35:5 in context
3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- beholdshûwrto spy outH7789 →
- cloudsshachaqa powderH7834 →
- Looknâbaṭto scanH5027 →
- seerâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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We have here, I. The bad words which Elihu charges upon Job, Job 35:2, Job 35:3. To evince the badness of them he appeals to Job himself, and his own sober thoughts, in the reflection: Thinkest thou this to be right? This intimates Elihu's confidence that the reproof he now gave was just, for he could refer the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8