Job 35:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. ”

Job 35:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Look unto the heavens, and see - This is the commencement of the reply which Elihu makes to the sentiment which he had understood Job to advance, and which Eliphaz had proposed formerly to examin...
Job 35:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the (c) clouds [which] are higher than thou. (c) If you cannot control the clouds, will you presume to instruct God?
Job 35:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Elihu inquires whether it is Job's righteousness which finds expression in his question as to the profitableness of religion. Let him look to the heavens and see how far God is above him. Man's sin o...
Job 35:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Look . Look attentively.
Job 35:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. Look unto the heavens - These heavens, and their host, God has created: the bare sight of them is sufficient to sho...
Job 35:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. Elihu, like Eliphaz ( Job 22:2-3 ; Job 22:12 ), shows that God is too exalted in nature to be susceptible of...
Job 35:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-8. Elihu ( Job 34:9 ) had charged Job with saying that there was no advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion.
Job 35:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he shou...
Job 35:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Songs in the Night Job 35:1-16 God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but themselves. There is no motive...
Job 35:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning to the second quotation, Elihu suggested that when Job questioned the advantage of serving God, he set up his righteousness as being "more than God's." He then laid bare the very foundations...
Job 35:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Elihu spake moreover, and said, (2) Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? (3) For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What p...
Job 35:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Look unto the heavens, and see ,.... The firmament of heaven, in which are the sun and moon and stars: and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou ; the clouds of the air or sky, which are...
Job 35:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou. Ver. 5. Look unto the heavens and see ] Yea, look into them, if thou couldst, as did Stephen the proto-martyr,...
Job 35:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will answer thee, and thy companions That is, those who are of thy opinion. Look unto the heavens , &c. Cast up thine eyes to the heavens; look upon the clouds and the sky; and consider that...
Job 35:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Elihu had spoken of God's testing Job (ch.34:36), and in this chapter provides what is true of God's test of mankind. It is clearly connected with chapter 34, but is distinct also, for chapter 34 dea...
Job 35:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou th...
Job 35:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

How much more is God, who is far above all heavens, higher than thou! And therefore God is out of the reach of all profit or loss by thy actions. If thy goodness do not profit thee, it is certain it...
Job 35:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIHU’S THIRD SPEECH After a second pause, and no reply, Elihu again resumes. Renews his reproof of Job, and attempts to answer some of his cavils. Job 35:1 .—“Elihu spake moreover,” &c....
Job 35:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 35:2 . My righteousness is more than God's. The LXX react as the Hebrew, “Thou saidest, I am righteous before God.” Elihu makes too strong an inference from Job's words, when he said, Job 33:...
Job 35:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? Man’s character Nothing is so important to man as his character. I. That selfishness is an evil in man’s character.” For thou saidst, Wh...
Job 35:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 35:1-18 In this short chapter, once more Elihu addresses himself to Job, first (verses 1-8) answering his complaint that a life of righteousness has brought him no correspond...
Job 35:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Standpoint of the Futility of Piety False
Job 35:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:27 ; Isaiah 40:22 ; Isaiah 40:23 ; Isaiah 55:9 ; Job 22:12 ; Job 25:5 ; Job 25:6 ; Job 36:26-33 ; Job 36:29 ; Job 37:1-5 ; Job 37:16 ; Job 37:22 ; Job 37:23 ; Nahum 1:3 ; Psa...
Job 35:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...
Job 35:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Clouds, &c. — They are far above us, and God is far above them. How much then is he out of the reach either of our sins or our services?

Job 35:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 35:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 35:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 35:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 35:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 35:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 35:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 35:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 35:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 35:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 35:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 35:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 35:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 35:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 35:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 35:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 35:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 35:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 35:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 35:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 35:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 35:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 35:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 35:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 35:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes