Apologetics Bible

Job 35:1

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-'eliyhv-vayo'mar

KJV: Elihu spake moreover, and said,

AKJV: Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

ASV: Moreover Elihu answered and said,

YLT: And Elihu answereth and saith: --

Exposition: Job 35:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Elihu spake moreover, and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:2

Hebrew

הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃

hazo't-chashaveta-lemishefat-'amareta-tzideqiy-me'el

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

AKJV: Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God’s?

ASV: Thinkest thou this to be thy right,

YLT: This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said--`My righteousness is more than God's?'

Exposition: Job 35:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:3

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָֽה־אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

khiy-to'mar-mah-yisekhan-lakhe-mah-'o'iyl-mechata'tiy

KJV: For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

AKJV: For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

ASV: That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee?

YLT: For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

Exposition: Job 35:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:4

Hebrew

אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

'aniy-'ashiyvekha-miliyn-ve'et-re'eykha-'imakhe

KJV: I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

AKJV: I will answer you, and your companions with you.

ASV: I will answer thee,

YLT: I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

Exposition: Job 35:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:5

Hebrew

הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

havet-shamayim-vre'eh-veshvr-shechaqiym-gavehv-mimekha

KJV: Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

AKJV: Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

ASV: Look unto the heavens, and see;

YLT: Behold attentively the heavens--and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Exposition: Job 35:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:6

Hebrew

אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃

'im-chata'ta-mah-tife'al-vvo-veravv-fesha'eykha-mah-ta'asheh-lvo

KJV: If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

AKJV: If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you to him?

ASV: If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him?

YLT: If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

Exposition: Job 35:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:7

Hebrew

אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃

'im-tzadaqeta-mah-titen-lvo-'vo-mah-miyadekha-yiqach

KJV: If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

AKJV: If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand?

ASV: If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?

YLT: If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

Exposition: Job 35:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:8

Hebrew

לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

le'iysh-khamvokha-rishe'ekha-vleven-'adam-tzideqatekha

KJV: Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

AKJV: Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.

ASV: Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art;

YLT: For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

Exposition: Job 35:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:9

Hebrew

מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

merov-'ashvqiym-yaze'iyqv-yeshave'v-mizervo'a-raviym

KJV: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

AKJV: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

ASV: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;

YLT: Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

Exposition: Job 35:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:10

Hebrew

וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

velo'-'amar-'ayeh-'elvoha-'oshay-noten-zemirvot-valayelah

KJV: But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

AKJV: But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

ASV: But none saith, Where is God my Maker,

YLT: And none said, `Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

Exposition: Job 35:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:11

Hebrew

מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

malefenv-mivahamvot-'aretz-vme'vof-hashamayim-yechakhemenv

KJV: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

AKJV: Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

ASV: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,

YLT: Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

Exposition: Job 35:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:12

Hebrew

שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃

sham-yitze'aqv-velo'-ya'aneh-mifeney-ge'von-ra'iym

KJV: There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

AKJV: There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

ASV: There they cry, but none giveth answer,

YLT: There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

Exposition: Job 35:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:13

Hebrew

אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

'akhe-shave'-lo'-yishema'- -'el-veshaday-lo'-yeshvrenah

KJV: Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

AKJV: Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

ASV: Surely God will not hear an emptycry,

YLT: Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

Exposition: Job 35:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:14

Hebrew

אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃

'af-khiy-to'mar-lo'-teshvrenv-diyn-lefanayv-vtechvolel-lvo

KJV: Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

AKJV: Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him.

ASV: How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not,

YLT: Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.

Exposition: Job 35:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:15

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃

ve'atah-khiy-'ayin-faqad-'afvo-velo'-yada'-vafash-me'od

KJV: But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

AKJV: But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity:

ASV: But now, because he hath not visited in his anger,

YLT: And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

Exposition: Job 35:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 35:16

Hebrew

וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃

ve'iyvov-hevel-yifetzeh-fiyhv-viveliy-da'at-miliyn-yakhevir

KJV: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

AKJV: Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

ASV: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity;

YLT: And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

Exposition: Job 35:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.