# Job 35 ## Job 35:1 - [KJV] Elihu spake moreover, and said, - [ASV] Moreover Elihu answered and said, - [YLT] And Elihu answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 35:1 - ## Job 35:2 - [KJV] Thinkest thou this to be right, *that* thou saidst, My righteousness *is* more than God's? - [ASV] Thinkest thou this to be *thy* right, *Or* sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, - [YLT] This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness *is* more than God's?' ### Notes on Job 35:2 - ## Job 35:3 - [KJV] For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? *and*, What profit shall I have, *if I be cleansed* from my sin? - [ASV] That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? *And*, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? - [YLT] For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?' ### Notes on Job 35:3 - ## Job 35:4 - [KJV] I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. - [ASV] I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee. - [YLT] I return thee words, and thy friends with thee, ### Notes on Job 35:4 - ## Job 35:5 - [KJV] Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds *which* are higher than thou. - [ASV] Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou. - [YLT] Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou. ### Notes on Job 35:5 - ## Job 35:6 - [KJV] If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or *if* thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? - [ASV] If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? - [YLT] If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him? ### Notes on Job 35:6 - ## Job 35:7 - [KJV] If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? - [ASV] If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? - [YLT] If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? ### Notes on Job 35:7 - ## Job 35:8 - [KJV] Thy wickedness *may hurt* a man as thou *art*; and thy righteousness *may profit* the son of man. - [ASV] Thy wickedness *may hurt* a man as thou art; And thy righteousness *may profit* a son of man. - [YLT] For a man like thyself *is* thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness. ### Notes on Job 35:8 - ## Job 35:9 - [KJV] By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make *the oppressed* to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. - [ASV] By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. - [YLT] Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty. ### Notes on Job 35:9 - ## Job 35:10 - [KJV] But none saith, Where *is* God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; - [ASV] But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night, - [YLT] And none said, 'Where *is* God my maker? Giving songs in the night, ### Notes on Job 35:10 - ## Job 35:11 - [KJV] Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? - [ASV] Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens? - [YLT] Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.' ### Notes on Job 35:11 - ## Job 35:12 - [KJV] There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. - [ASV] There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men. - [YLT] There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers. ### Notes on Job 35:12 - ## Job 35:13 - [KJV] Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. - [ASV] Surely God will not hear an empty *cry*, Neither will the Almighty regard it. - [YLT] Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it. ### Notes on Job 35:13 - ## Job 35:14 - [KJV] Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, *yet* judgment *is* before him; therefore trust thou in him. - [ASV] How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him! - [YLT] Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment *is* before Him, and stay for Him. ### Notes on Job 35:14 - ## Job 35:15 - [KJV] But now, because *it is* not *so*, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth *it* not in great extremity: - [ASV] But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; - [YLT] And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity. ### Notes on Job 35:15 - ## Job 35:16 - [KJV] Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. - [ASV] Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge. - [YLT] And Job *with* vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth. ### Notes on Job 35:16 -