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What could you possibly give him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/35.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If you are righteous, what do you give God, Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Is any good you may have done at all helpful to him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you're righteous, what can you give him, or what can he get from you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If you have been righteous, "" What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If thou wert just, what wilt thou give to him? or what shall he take from thy hand?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if you have been righteous, what do you profit him, or what does he receive from you?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/35-7.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=5445" 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">6</span>If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/6663.htm" title="6663: ṣā·ḏaq·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To be just or righteous. A primitive root; to be right.">you are righteous,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tit·ten- (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">do you give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·qāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">does He receive</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yā·ḏə·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from your hand?</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.…<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="/psalms/16-2.htm">Psalm 16:2</a></span><br />I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-35.htm">Romans 11:35</a></span><br />“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-10.htm">Luke 17:10</a></span><br />So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-7.htm">1 Corinthians 4:7</a></span><br />For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-9.htm">Psalm 50:9-12</a></span><br />I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, / for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. / I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-25.htm">Acts 17:25</a></span><br />Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Deuteronomy 10:14</a></span><br />Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-14.htm">1 Chronicles 29:14</a></span><br />But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-17.htm">Isaiah 40:17</a></span><br />All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></span><br />All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-12.htm">Romans 3:12</a></span><br />All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a></span><br />I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17</a></span><br />Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/24-1.htm">Psalm 24:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-3.htm">Psalm 115:3</a></span><br />Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-2.htm">Job 22:2,3</a></b></br> Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/29-14.htm">1 Chronicles 29:14</a></b></br> But who <i>am</i> I, and what <i>is</i> my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things <i>come</i> of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-2.htm">Psalm 16:2</a></b></br> <i>O my soul</i>, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou <i>art</i> my Lord: my goodness <i>extendeth</i> not to thee;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm">Givest</a> <a href="/job/34-26.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/27-13.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-35.htm">Receiveth</a> <a href="/job/34-17.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/job/34-17.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Givest</a> <a href="/job/35-9.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/6-9.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/psalms/6-9.htm">Receiveth</a> <a href="/job/36-7.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/job/36-4.htm">Upright</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>If you are righteous,</b><br>This phrase challenges the notion of human righteousness in relation to God. In the context of the Book of Job, Job is wrestling with the idea of his own righteousness and suffering. Theologically, this reflects the biblical theme that human righteousness is insufficient before God (<a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a>). The righteousness of humans is often seen as relative and not absolute, contrasting with God's perfect holiness.<p><b>what do you give Him,</b><br>This question emphasizes God's self-sufficiency and independence from human actions. It echoes <a href="/psalms/50-10.htm">Psalm 50:10-12</a>, where God declares that He owns everything and does not need anything from humans. This reflects the cultural understanding of God as the Creator and Sustainer, who is not dependent on His creation. It challenges the idea that human actions can add to God's essence or being.<p><b>or what does He receive from your hand?</b><br>This phrase underscores the futility of thinking that human deeds can benefit God in a transactional sense. It aligns with <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24-25</a>, where Paul speaks of God not being served by human hands as if He needed anything. Theologically, it points to the grace of God, where human works are not the basis of favor with God. This can be seen as a type of Christ, where Jesus' sacrifice is the ultimate gift to God, fulfilling what humans could not.<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. Elihu emphasizes God's greatness and justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who undergoes severe trials and questions the reasons for his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whose wisdom and justice are beyond human understanding. Elihu speaks about God's transcendence and righteousness.<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 attempt to explain Job's suffering through traditional wisdom, often suggesting it is due to sin.<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/g/god's_self-sufficiency.htm">God's Self-Sufficiency</a></b><br>God is entirely self-sufficient and does not need anything from us. Our righteousness does not add to His glory or essence. This should humble us and remind us of our dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/righteousness_as_a_response.htm">Righteousness as a Response</a></b><br>Our righteousness should be a response to God's love and grace, not an attempt to earn His favor or contribute to His being. It is an expression of gratitude and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_our_position.htm">Understanding Our Position</a></b><br>Recognizing that we cannot give anything to God that He needs helps us understand our position as His creation. It encourages us to live in awe and reverence of His majesty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_true_worship.htm">The Nature of True Worship</a></b><br>True worship is not about offering something to God that He lacks but about acknowledging His greatness and submitting to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_service.htm">Humility in Service</a></b><br>Serving God should be done with humility, knowing that it is a privilege to participate in His work, not a means to fulfill a need of His.<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/why_does_eliphaz_claim_innocents_don't_perish.htm">In Job 4:7, how could Eliphaz assert that no innocent person has ever perished when history shows countless examples of righteous people suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_35_9_imply_unanswered_cries.htm">Why does Job 35:9 imply people cry out but receive no answer, contradicting verses elsewhere describing divine rescue?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_elihu_say_actions_don't_affect_god.htm">In Job 35:6-7, how can Elihu claim human obedience or sin does not affect God when other passages suggest God is personally impacted by human actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?</span> By parity of reasoning, as our sins do not injure God, so our righteousness cannot benefit him. As David says, "My goodness extendeth not to thee" (<a href="/psalms/16-2.htm">Psalm 16:2</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Or what receiveth he of thine hand?</span> All things being already God's, we can but give him of his own. We cannot really add to his possessions, or to his glory, or to his felicity. We cannot, as some have supposed they could ('Religions of the Ancient World,' pp. 143, 144), lay him under an obligation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/35-7.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">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are righteous,</span><br /><span class="heb">צָ֭דַקְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·ḏaq·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6663.htm">Strong's 6663: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be just or righteous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do you give Him,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(tit·ten-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does He receive</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּֽח׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your hand?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּדְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/35-7.htm">OT Poetry: Job 35:7 If you are righteous what do you (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/35-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 35:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 35:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/35-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 35:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 35:8" /></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>