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You say, &#8216I am in the right, not God.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/35.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Do you think it is right for you to claim, ‘I am righteous before God’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/35.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thinkest thou this to be right, <i>that</i> thou saidst, My righteousness <i>is</i> more than God's?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Do you think this is in accordance with justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, &#8216My righteousness is more than God&#8217s &#8216?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Do you think this is according to [your] justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do you think it is just when you say, “I am righteous before God”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do you think it is just when you say, &#8220I am righteous before God"? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Job, are you really innocent in the sight of God? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Do you think this is right when you say, 'My case is more just than God's,'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Do you think this is just? You say, ?I am more righteous than God.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, "" My righteousness [is] more than God’s?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Do you think it right to say, “I am in the right, not God”? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Do you think this to be just? You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Do you think you were justified in saying, I have been found blameless by God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Were you considered within justice in this, for you said ‘I am more righteous than God?’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/35-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5414" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/35.htm">Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>And Elihu went on to say: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: ḥā·šaḇ·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To think, account. ">“Do you think</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: hă·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: lə·miš·pāṭ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Judgment. ">is just?</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">You say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: ṣiḏ·qî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">‘I am more righteous</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: mê·’êl (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">than God.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-5.htm">Job 34:5-6</a></span><br />For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. / Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/40-8.htm">Job 40:8</a></span><br />Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/32-2.htm">Job 32:2</a></span><br />This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-9.htm">Job 33:9-12</a></span><br />‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. / Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. / He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-2.htm">Job 9:2-3</a></span><br />“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God? / If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/13-18.htm">Job 13:18</a></span><br />See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-2.htm">Job 27:2-6</a></span><br />“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul— / as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, / my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-35.htm">Job 31:35-37</a></span><br />(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. / Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown. / I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></span><br />Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Romans 3:4-6</a></span><br />Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.” / But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms. / Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20-21</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23-26</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, / and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. / God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Romans 10:3</a></span><br />Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-9.htm">Philippians 3:9</a></span><br />and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?</p><p class="hdg">Thinkest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36,37</a></b></br> But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/19-22.htm">Luke 19:22</a></b></br> And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, <i>thou</i> wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:</p><p class="hdg">My</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-17.htm">Job 9:17</a></b></br> For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7</a></b></br> Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and <i>there is</i> none that can deliver out of thine hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-17.htm">Job 16:17</a></b></br> Not for <i>any</i> injustice in mine hands: also my prayer <i>is</i> pure.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/33-32.htm">Cleared</a> <a href="/job/33-6.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/34-33.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/job/34-17.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/job/18-3.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/job/34-27.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/33-26.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/job/32-10.htm">Think</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-3.htm">Thinkest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/37-21.htm">Cleared</a> <a href="/job/36-2.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/35-14.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/job/36-3.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/job/41-29.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/job/36-6.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/35-8.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/job/36-21.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/job/41-8.htm">Think</a> <a href="/psalms/8-4.htm">Thinkest</a><div class="vheading2">Job 35</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/35-1.htm">Comparison is not to be made with God, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/35-6.htm">because our good or evil cannot extend unto him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/35-9.htm">Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/35.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/35.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Do you think this is just?</b><br>This question is posed by Elihu, one of Job's friends, who challenges Job's understanding of justice. In the context of the Book of Job, justice is a central theme, as Job grapples with the suffering he endures despite his righteousness. Elihu's question implies a critique of Job's perspective, suggesting that Job's view of justice may be flawed. Biblically, justice is often associated with God's character (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Deuteronomy 32:4</a>), and questioning divine justice can be seen as questioning God's nature. This phrase invites reflection on human limitations in understanding divine justice, a theme echoed in <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>, where God's thoughts and ways are described as higher than human understanding.<p><b>You say,</b><br>Elihu attributes a statement to Job, indicating that he is responding to Job's previous speeches. Throughout the dialogues in the Book of Job, Job has expressed his confusion and frustration over his suffering, which he perceives as unjust. This phrase sets the stage for Elihu's argument, as he seeks to address what he perceives as Job's erroneous claims. The dialogue format in Job is reminiscent of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature, where debates and discussions are used to explore complex theological and philosophical issues.<p><b>‘I am more righteous than God.’</b><br>This phrase captures the essence of Elihu's accusation against Job. While Job never explicitly claims to be more righteous than God, Elihu interprets Job's complaints and assertions of innocence as implying such a claim. In the broader biblical context, the idea of being more righteous than God is seen as blasphemous, as God is the ultimate standard of righteousness (<a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Psalm 145:17</a>). This accusation highlights the tension between human perception of righteousness and divine righteousness. It also foreshadows the resolution of the book, where God Himself addresses Job, emphasizing His sovereignty and wisdom (Job 38-41). Theologically, this phrase challenges readers to consider the humility required in acknowledging God's righteousness and the limitations of human understanding.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A young man who speaks to Job and his friends, offering a different perspective on Job's suffering. He challenges Job's assertions about his righteousness and God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and questions the justice of his suffering. Job's dialogue with his friends and God forms the core of the Book of Job.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate judge and sovereign being, whose justice and righteousness are central themes in the Book of Job. Elihu's speech is meant to defend God's justice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_friends_of_job.htm">The Friends of Job</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who argue that Job's suffering must be due to his sin, representing a traditional view of retributive justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, a place of ancient wisdom and the backdrop for Job's trials and dialogues.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_righteousness.htm">Understanding Righteousness</a></b><br>True righteousness is not self-declared but is recognized by God. Elihu challenges Job to consider whether his claim of righteousness is justified before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_justice.htm">The Nature of Justice</a></b><br>God's justice is perfect and beyond human comprehension. Elihu's question prompts us to reflect on our understanding of divine justice versus human justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Elihu's challenge serves as a reminder to approach God with humility, acknowledging our limitations and the need for His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin. Elihu's speech encourages us to seek a deeper understanding of God's purposes in our trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_trust_in_god's_character.htm">Faith and Trust in God's Character</a></b><br>Trusting in God's character and His ultimate justice is crucial, even when circumstances seem unjust from a human perspective.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 35</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_elihu's_claim_in_job_35.htm">Are there any historical or archaeological evidences supporting Elihu’s claim that God always judges fairly in Job 35? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_let_innocents_suffer.htm">How can a just God allow the innocent to suffer alongside the wicked, as implied in Job 35:14-16?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_question_god_in_job_10_2.htm">In Job 10:2, why does Job challenge God to clarify his wrongdoing if God is all-knowing and just?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_evil_often_go_unpunished.htm">If God is truly the 'God of vengeance' (Psalm 94:1), why has so much evil throughout history gone seemingly unpunished?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">XXXV.</span><p>(2) <span class= "bld">My righteousness is more than God's.</span>--See <a href="/job/19-6.htm" title="Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.">Job 19:6</a>, &c. Job had not in so many words said this, but what he had said was capable of being so represented, and perhaps seemed to involve it. (Comp. <a href="/job/9-22.htm" title="This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.">Job 9:22</a>; <a href="/job/10-15.htm" title="If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see you my affliction;">Job 10:15</a>.) Here, again, there was a misrepresentation of what Job had said. He certainly did not mean that he was none the better for being righteous; on the contrary, he had distinctly said, "Let mine enemy be as the wicked," &c. (<a href="/job/27-7.htm" title="Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.">Job 27:7</a>, &c.), because <span class= "ital">he </span>could not delight himself in God; but it was perfectly true that he had said that his righteousness had not delivered him from suffering.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/35-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Do you think</span><br /><span class="heb">חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·šaḇ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲ֭זֹאת</span> <span class="translit">(hă·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is just</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט</span> <span class="translit">(lə·miš·pāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when you say,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I am righteous</span><br /><span class="heb">צִדְקִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiḏ·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right, equity, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before God.’?</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/35-2.htm">Job 35:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/35-2.htm">OT Poetry: Job 35:2 Do you think this to be your (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/35-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 35:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 35:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/35-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 35:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 35:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>