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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Literal Standard Version
Job 35:4
I return words, and your friends with you,
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- HolmanParallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
I will answer youand your friends with you.
I will answer youand your friends with you.
Hebrew Names Version
I will answer you, And your companions with you.
I will answer you, And your companions with you.
King James Version
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
English Standard Version
I will answer you and your friends with you.
I will answer you and your friends with you.
New Century Version
"I will answer you and your friends who are with you.
"I will answer you and your friends who are with you.
New English Translation
I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.
I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.
Amplified Bible
"I will answer you, And your companions with you.
"I will answer you, And your companions with you.
New American Standard Bible
"I will answer you, And your friends with you.
"I will answer you, And your friends with you.
World English Bible
I will answer you, And your companions with you.
I will answer you, And your companions with you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore will I answere thee, & thy companions with thee.
Therefore will I answere thee, & thy companions with thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will respond to you,And your friends with you.
I will respond to you,And your friends with you.
Berean Standard Bible
I will answer you and your friends with you.
I will answer you and your friends with you.
Contemporary English Version
I will give the answers to you and your friends.
I will give the answers to you and your friends.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Here is my answer to you, to you and to your friends:
"Here is my answer to you, to you and to your friends:
Darby Translation
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Job, I want to answer you and your friends here with you.
"Job, I want to answer you and your friends here with you.
George Lamsa Translation
I will answer you with words, you and your friends with you.
I will answer you with words, you and your friends with you.
Good News Translation
I am going to answer you and your friends too.
I am going to answer you and your friends too.
Lexham English Bible
I myself will give answer to you and to your friends with you.
I myself will give answer to you and to your friends with you.
Literal Translation
I will answer your words, and your friends with you.
I will answer your words, and your friends with you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore will I geue answere vnto the & thy frendes:
Therfore will I geue answere vnto the & thy frendes:
American Standard Version
I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
Bible in Basic English
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
King James Version (1611)
I will answere thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will answere thee, and thy companions with thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee, aud to thy companions with thee.
Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee, aud to thy companions with thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.
English Revised Version
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.
Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.
Update Bible Version
I will answer you, And your companions with you.
I will answer you, And your companions with you.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
New King James Version
"I will answer you, And your companions with you.
"I will answer you, And your companions with you.
New Living Translation
"I will answer you and all your friends, too.
"I will answer you and all your friends, too.
New Life Bible
I will answer you, and your friends with you.
I will answer you, and your friends with you.
New Revised Standard
I will answer you and your friends with you.
I will answer you and your friends with you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
Revised Standard Version
I will answer you and your friends with you.
I will answer you and your friends with you.
Young's Literal Translation
I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
THE MESSAGE
"Well, I'm going to show you that you don't know what you're talking about, neither you nor your friends. Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look. See those clouds towering above you? If you sin, what difference could that make to God? No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him? Even if you're good, what would God get out of that? Do you think he's dependent on your accomplishments? The only ones who care whether you're good or bad are your family and friends and neighbors. God's not dependent on your behavior.
"Well, I'm going to show you that you don't know what you're talking about, neither you nor your friends. Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look. See those clouds towering above you? If you sin, what difference could that make to God? No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him? Even if you're good, what would God get out of that? Do you think he's dependent on your accomplishments? The only ones who care whether you're good or bad are your family and friends and neighbors. God's not dependent on your behavior.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will answer you, And your friends with you.
"I will answer you, And your friends with you.
Contextual Overview
1And Elihu answers and says: 2"Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, || My righteousness [is] more than God's? 3For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin? 4I return words, and your friends with you,5Behold attentively the heavens—and see, || And behold the clouds, || They have been higher than you. 6If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, || What do you do to Him? 7If you have been righteous, || What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? 8For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, || And for a son of man your righteousness.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
answer thee: Heb. return to thee words
thy: Job 34:8, Proverbs 13:20
Reciprocal: Job 32:17 - General Job 33:12 - I will
Cross-References
Genesis 35:2
And Jacob says to his household, and to all who [are] with him, "Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
And Jacob says to his household, and to all who [are] with him, "Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
Genesis 35:4
And they give to Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hides them under the oak which [is] by Shechem;
And they give to Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hides them under the oak which [is] by Shechem;
Genesis 35:24
Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 35:25
And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 35:26
And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These [are] sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.
And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These [are] sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.
Genesis 35:27
And Jacob comes to his father Isaac, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.
And Jacob comes to his father Isaac, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.
Exodus 32:20
and he takes the calf which they have made, and burns [it] with fire, and grinds [it] until [it is] small, and scatters [it] on the face of the waters, and causes the sons of Israel to drink.
and he takes the calf which they have made, and burns [it] with fire, and grinds [it] until [it is] small, and scatters [it] on the face of the waters, and causes the sons of Israel to drink.
Deuteronomy 7:5
But thus you do to them: you break down their altars, and you shatter their standing pillars, and you cut down their Asherim, and you burn their carved images with fire.
But thus you do to them: you break down their altars, and you shatter their standing pillars, and you cut down their Asherim, and you burn their carved images with fire.
Deuteronomy 7:25
You burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you do not desire the silver and gold on them, nor have you taken [it] for yourself, lest you are snared by it, for it [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH;
You burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you do not desire the silver and gold on them, nor have you taken [it] for yourself, lest you are snared by it, for it [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH;
Judges 9:6
And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;
And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. Meaning not his three friends, as the Septuagint version expresses it; for they were not on the side of Job, and of the same sentiment with him, but rather on the side of Elihu; especially Eliphaz, who expresses much the same sentiment he does, Job 22:2; but all that were of the same mind with Job, whether present or absent, or in whatsoever part of the world; the answer he should return to him would serve for them all, and sufficiently confute such a bad notion of God, let it be embraced by whomsoever.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I will answer thee - Margin, âreturn to thee words.â Elihu meant to explain this more fully than it had been done by the friends of Job, and to show where Job was in error.
And thy companions with thee - Eliphaz, in Job 22:2, had taken up the same inquiry, and proposed to discuss the subject, but he had gone at once into severe charges against Job, and been drawn into language of harsh crimination, instead of making the matter clear, and Elihu now proposes to state just how it is, and to remove the objections of Job. It may be doubted, however, whether he was much more successful than Eliphaz had been. The doctrine of the future state, as it is revealed by Christianity, was needful to enable these speakers to comprehend and explain this subject.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 35:4. I will answer thee — I will show thee the evil of a sinful way, and the benefit of righteousness; and supply what thy friends have omitted in their discourses with thee.
