Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
KJV
Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei ? aut quid de manu tua accipiet ?
Vulgate
ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δίκαιος εἶ, τί δώσεις αὐτῷ, ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήμψεται;
LXX
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
ASV
אִם צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה תִּתֶּן ל֑/וֹ א֥וֹ מַה מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֥ יִקָּֽח
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הַצְדִּ֣יק
htsdyq
verb · 41×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase …
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:14 — But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
- Job 22:2 — Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
- Job 41:11 — Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- Luke 17:10 — So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
- Prov 9:12 — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Ps 16:2 — O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Rom 11:35 — Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
- Rom 11:35 — Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?