Job 35:2
New Revised Standard Version
“Do you think this to be just? You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’

Contemporary English Version
Job, are you really innocent in the sight of God?

New American Bible
Do you think it right to say, “I am in the right, not God”?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

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Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

Thinkest

Matthew 12:36,37 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment. . . .

Luke 19:22 He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.

My

Job 9:17 For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.

Job 10:7 And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand?

Job 16:17 These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.

Job 19:6,7 At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges. . . .

Job 27:2-6 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness, . . .

Job 34:5 For Job hath said: I am just, and God hath overthrown my judgment.

Job 40:8 Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

Context
Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
1Moreover Eliu spoke these words: 2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?3For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?…
Cross References
Job 27:2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

Job 35:1
Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

Job 35:1
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