7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? …
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Commentary
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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