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Job 35:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Job 35:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 35:2

Theological / Devotional

More than God’s. Job had made no such claims. He had questioned God’s justice (chs. 9:22-24; 10:3; 12:6), but Elihu’s accusation, as here rendered, contains an influence that goes beyond anything Job had intended in his speeches.

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