bes - 35

bes@Job:35:1 @ And Elius resumed and said,

bes@Job:35:2 @ What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord? (note:)Alex. +’What shall I say? what shall I do, having sinned?’(:note)

bes@Job:35:3 @ I will answer thee, and thy three friends.

bes@Job:35:4 @ Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.

bes@Job:35:5 @ If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?

bes@Job:35:6 @ and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?

bes@Job:35:7 @ And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?

bes@Job:35:8 @ Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

bes@Job:35:9 @ They that are (note:)That is, by false accusation(:note) oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

bes@Job:35:10 @ But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

bes@Job:35:11 @ who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

bes@Job:35:12 @ There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.

bes@Job:35:13 @ For the Lord desires not to look on (note:)Lit. improprieties(:note) error, for he is the Almighty One.

bes@Job:35:14 @ He (note:)Gr. is the beholder of(:note) beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now.

bes@Job:35:15 @ For (note:)i. e., God(:note) he is not now regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.

bes@Job:35:16 @ Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he (note:)Gr. makes heavy(:note) multiplies words.

Job 35