Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
New American Standard Bible
And behold
King James Version
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Holman Bible
gaze at the clouds high above you.
International Standard Version
"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?
A Conservative Version
Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
American Standard Version
Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Bible in Basic English
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Darby Translation
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
Julia Smith Translation
Look upon the heavens and see; behold the clouds, they were high above thee.
King James 2000
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you.
Modern King James verseion
Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds; they are higher than you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Look unto the heaven, and behold it: consider the clouds, how they are higher than thou.
NET Bible
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
New Heart English Bible
Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
The Emphasized Bible
Look at the heavens and see, - and survey the skies - they are higher than thou.
Webster
Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
World English Bible
Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Themes
Interlinear
Nabat
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 35:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Condemns Job
4
“I will answer you,
And your companions with you.
“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 22:12
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
Isaiah 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Genesis 15:5
And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!
Job 25:5-6
“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
Job 36:26-5
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
Job 37:16
“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
Job 37:22-23
“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
Psalm 8:3-4
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
Isaiah 40:22-23
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
[It is He] who stretches out the heavens like a veil
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.