2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
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But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. …
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)We have here, I. The bad words which Elihu charges upon Job, Job 35:2 , 3 . To evince the badness of them he appeals to Job himself, and his own sober thoughts, in the reflection: Thinkest thou this to be right ? This intimates Elihu’s confidence that the reproof he now gave was just, for he could refer the judgment of it even to Job himself. Those that have truth and equity on their side sooner o…
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