Job 35:2

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Are you so convinced you are right, that you say, 'I am more just than God'?

Berean Standard Bible:

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

American Standard Version:

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Thinkest{H2803} thou this to be right{H4941}, that thou saidst{H559}, My righteousness{H6664} is more than God's{H410}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Matthew 12:36

  • But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Matthew 12:37

  • For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Job 10:7

  • Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.

Job 16:17

  • ¶ Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

Job 27:2

  • [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;

Job 27:6

  • My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

Job 9:17

  • For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

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Commentary for Job 35:2

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2803
    There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָשַׁב
    Transliteration: châshab
    Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  2. Strong's Number: H4941
    There are 406 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט
    Transliteration: mishpâṭ
    Pronunciation: mish-pawt'
    Description: from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
  3. Strong's Number: H559
    There are 4434 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָמַר
    Transliteration: ʼâmar
    Pronunciation: aw-mar'
    Description: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  4. Strong's Number: H6664
    There are 109 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֶדֶק
    Transliteration: tsedeq
    Pronunciation: tseh'-dek
    Description: from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
  5. Strong's Number: H410
    There are 307 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵל
    Transliteration: ʼêl
    Pronunciation: ale
    Description: shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'