Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
New American Standard Bible
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
King James Version
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
Holman Bible
“I am righteous before God”?
International Standard Version
"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'
A Conservative Version
What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?
American Standard Version
Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,
Amplified
“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
Bible in Basic English
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
Julia Smith Translation
Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?
King James 2000
Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?
Modern King James verseion
Do you think this to be right, you that say, I am more just than God?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thinkest thou it right, that thou saidst, 'I am righteous before God?'
NET Bible
"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.'
New Heart English Bible
"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'
The Emphasized Bible
This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S.
Webster
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
World English Bible
"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'
Youngs Literal Translation
This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'
Themes
Interlinear
Chashab
Mishpat
Tsedeq
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 35:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Condemns Job
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 12:36-37
But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
Job 9:17
He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7
Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?
Job 16:17
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Job 19:6-7
Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
Job 27:2-6
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
Job 40:8
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
Luke 19:22
He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.