Job 35

Job · Chapter 35

Job 35:1

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?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?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.10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
1Elihu spake moreover, and said,And Elihu went on to say:Moreover Elihu answered and said,

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Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and he answeredוַיַּ֥עַןvai-YA-'anH6030B
to answer

עָנָה (a.nah) 1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer Aramaic equivalent: a.nah (עֲנָה "to answer" H6032)

Elihuאֱלִיה֗וּ'e-li-HUH0453K
Elihu

אֱלִיהוּ (e.li.hu) A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Job.32.2; son of: Barachel (H1292) § Elihu = "He is my God" 1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends 2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather 3) a Manassite warrior chief for David 4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper 5) David's brother

and he saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai-yo-MARH0559
to say

אָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.