Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Think you this to be right, that you said, 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,
Darby Translation
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
Julia Smith Translation
Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?
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 Elihu spoke moreover, and said, 2 Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 12:36-37
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Job 9:17
For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7
You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.
Job 16:17
Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
Job 19:6-7
Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.
Job 27:2-6
As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul;
Job 34:5
For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.
Job 40:8
Will you also annul my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?
Luke 19:22
And he said unto him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow: