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Job 35:2

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35:2“Do you think this to be1 just:

when2 you say, ‘My right before God.’3

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Footnotes

  1. 1 The line could be read as “do you reckon this for justice? Here “to be” is understood.
  2. 2 The word “when” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
  3. 3 The brief line could be interpreted in a number of ways. The simply has “my right from God.” It could be “I am right before God,” “I am more just/right than God” (identifying the preposition as a comparative min (מִן); cf. J. E. Hartley, Job [], ), “I will be right before God,” or “My just cause against God.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Do you think this to be just?

Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Do you think this is just?

You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do you think it is just when you say,

“I am righteous before God”?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do you think it is right for you to claim,

‘I am righteous before God’?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Do you think this is justice when you say,

‘I am right before God’?

KJV 1900King James Version

Thinkest thou this to be right,

That thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?