Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?
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?
King James 2000
Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?
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 {spoke up} and said, 2 "Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'? 3 If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?'
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Cross References
Matthew 12:36-37
But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!
Job 9:17
who crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7
because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?
Job 16:17
{although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.
Job 19:6-7
know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me [with] his net.
Job 27:2-6
"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
Job 34:5
for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.
Job 40:8
"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
Luke 19:22
He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.