Job 35:6 BSB — MannaFest

Job 35:6

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

FRAGMENTS ON JOB 24.15-16 (253)

If you look at the heavens and contemplate the clouds, you will understand that you sinned. And what do you need to do? It is necessary that you approach the high priest and implore him to offer a victim for you. "If any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the expiation of our sins." If you will do this, you will dissolve your numerous sins.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

If thou sinnest, what dost thou against him?.... Sin is expressly said to be against God, Psa 51:4; it is contrary to his nature, as any opposites can be to each other: it is against his law, a breach and violation of it; and so against his supreme legislative power and authority, and a contempt of it; it is what he is angry with and is provoked by, being what he hates and abhors, and is abominable in his sight.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It speaks much for the greatness and glory of God that it is not in the power of his worst enemies to do him any real prejudice. Sin is said to be against God because so the sinner intends it and so God takes it, and it is an injury to his honour; yet it cannot do any thing against him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Elihu like Eliphaz (Job 22:2, 3, 12) shows that God is too exalted in nature to be susceptible of benefit or hurt from the righteousness or sin of men respectively; it is themselves that they benefit by righteousness, or hurt by sin. behold the clouds, which are higher than thou--spoken with irony.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
חָ֭טָאתָ	Cha.ta.ta	you have sinned	H2398 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
תִּפְעָל־	tif.'ol-	do you do	H6466 →
בּ֑וֹ	bo	in him
וְרַבּ֥וּ	ve.ra.Bu	and they have been many	H7231 →
פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ	fe.sha.'Ei.kha	transgressions your	H6588 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
תַּעֲשֶׂה־	ta.'a.seh-	do you do	H6213 →
לּֽוֹ׃	lo	to him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
leads to
- Proverbs 15:32
  He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- Proverbs 1:31
  So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
  If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- John 15:23–24
  Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
- Proverbs 20:2
  The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Through
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
leads to
- Job 22:2–3
  “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
- Ezekiel 18:20
  The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
- 2 Peter 3:3–4
  Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job