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Job 35:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 35:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 35:79 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
צָ֭דַקְתָּṣādaqətā
you have been righteousverbH6663
clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִּתֶּןtiten
do you giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
ל֑/וֹlwō
pron
א֥וֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֥miyādəkā
from hand yourpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
יִקָּֽחyiqāḥ
does he receiveverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
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 35:7

—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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