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Job 35:2

Job 35:2 is verse 2 of Job chapter 35, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

Or ‘I am righteous before God.’

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

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Job 35:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 And Elihu went on to say:

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

3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

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Hebrew words

הֲ֭זֹאת¿ this חָשַׁ֣בְתָּdo you consider לְמִשְׁפָּ֑טto justice אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּyou have said צִדְקִ֥יrighteousness my מֵאֵֽל[is] more than God

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Matthew 12:37
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Luke 19:22
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Job 9:17
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

Job 10:7
though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

Job 16:17
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Job 19:6
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Job 19:7
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Job 27:2
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

Job 27:3
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

Job 27:4
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 27:5
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

Job 27:6
I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

Job 34:5
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 40:8
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

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