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Job 35

Job 35:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thinkest
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
thou this to be right
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, that thou saidst
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
d, My righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
is more than God’s
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
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Job 9:17,34• 17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
 34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: (Job 9:17,34)
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Job 16:12‑17• 12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
 13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
 14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
 16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
 17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. (Job 16:12‑17)
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Job 27:2‑6• 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. (Job 27:2‑6)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thinkest.
Matt. 12:36‑37• 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:36‑37)
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Luke 19:22• 22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: (Luke 19:22)
My.
Job 9:17• 17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. (Job 9:17)
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Job 10:7• 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. (Job 10:7)
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Job 16:17• 17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. (Job 16:17)
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Job 19:6‑7• 6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
 7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. (Job 19:6‑7)
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Job 27:2‑6• 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. (Job 27:2‑6)
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Job 34:5• 5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. (Job 34:5)
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Job 40:8• 8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? (Job 40:8)
• What manifests His character, in its perfection, discloses the nature and ways of man as he is. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• We notice again the gracious tone of Elihu. He is appealing to Job’s reason and conscience, seeking to win him from his hard and sinful thoughts of God to simple trust in One who may hide Himself in the darkness, but who must be good in all He does. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• Had not Job brought himself to just such a conclusion? “I have not sinned to deserve such treatment; my life is blameless before man and God; there is no reason for His afflicting except for glaring transgressions, therefore He is unjust!” (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than *God’s?