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Job 35:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 35:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 35:610 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
חָ֭טָאתָḥāṭāʾtā
you have sinnedverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִּפְעָלtipəʿāl
do you doverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
בּ֑/וֹbwō
pron
וְ/רַבּ֥וּwərabw
and they have been manyconjH7231
be many · be more · multiply · ten thousands
פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗י/ךָpəšāʿeykā
transgressions yournounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśeh
do you doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לּֽ/וֹlwō
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 35:6

—7. Look unto the heaven, and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thou. If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou hurt Him? If thine iniquities have been multiplied, what wilt thou do against Him? If, moreover, thou hast acted justly, what wilt thou give Him, or what will He receive of thy hand? Although these words ought not to have been said to blessed Job, who knew greater truths, yet the things, which are said, are true, namely, that neither do our sins hurt God,…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 26 §16
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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