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Job 35:6-7 KJV
Job · chapter 35 · verses 6–7
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?Job 35:6-7 · King James Version
Job 35:6-7 in context
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?
8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressionspeshaʻa revoltH6588 →
- multipliedrâbabproperly, to cast togetherH7231 →
- righteoustsâdaqto be rightH6663 →
- receivethlâqachto takeH3947 →
- sinnestchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- givestnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- doestpâʻalto do or make , especially to practiseH6466 →
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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