Job 35:2

Job 10:7; Job 16:17; Job 19:6; Job 19:7; Job 27:2-6; Job 34:5; Job 40:8; Job 9:17; Luke 19:22; Matthew 12:36; Matthew 12:37

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thinkest thou this to be right? - This is the point which Elihu now proposes to examine. He, therefore, solemnly appeals to Job himself to determ...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My (a) righteousness [is] more than God's? (a) Job never spoke these words: but because he maint...
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 hea...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? My righteousness is more than God's? - This would indeed b...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? More than. Umbreit translates, as Job 9:2 ; Job 25:4...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Right] RV ' thy right,' thy just cause.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXXV. (2) My righteousness is more than God’s. — See Job 19:6 , &c. Job had not in so many words said this, but what he had said was capabl...
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 ascribe...
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, th...
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 th...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thinkest thou this to be right ,.... Elihu appeals to Job himself, to his conscience and reason; who as a natural man, guided by the light of nature...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's? Ver. 2. Thinkest thou this to be right? ] Heb. Reckones...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thinkest thou this to be right? Canst thou in thy conscience, upon second thoughts, approve of what thou hast said? My righteousness is more than...
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 ch...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 El...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Canst thou in thy conscience, upon second thoughts, approve of what thou hast said? Not that Job said this in express terms, but he said those things...
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 cavi...
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...
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 l...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Standpoint of the Futility of Piety False
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? Did Job believe he was right in making such assertions?
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou saidst — Not that Job said this in express terms, but he said those things from which this might seem to follow, as that God had punished him...

² Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Related Commentaries of Job 35:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 35:2