Job 35:2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
KJV
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres : Justior sum Deo ?
Vulgate
Τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει; σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας Δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι Κυρίου;
LXX
Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
ASV
הֲ֭/זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥/י מֵ/אֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
י
y
noun · 422×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 4:17 — Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
- Job 15:6 — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
- Job 32:2 — Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
- Matt 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
- Rom 2:3 — And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
- Rom 9:14 — What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.