A moment in scripture
Job 35:7
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If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
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The surrounding passage
- Job 35:5
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
- Job 35:8
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
- Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.