KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 35:2–4
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Job 35:2
2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
2Thinkest thou this to bee right, that thou saydest, My righteousnesse is more then Gods?
Job 35:3
3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
3For thou saydst, what aduantage will it bee vnto thee, and, what profite shall I haue, ‖if I bee cleansed from my sinne?
- Or, by it more then by my sinne.
Job 35:4
4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
4†I will answere thee, and thy companions with thee.
- Heb. I wil returne to thee words.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 35:2
To form or hold a thought; to judge, suppose, intend, consider, remember, imagine, or esteem, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Said: spoke, declared, told, or expressed.
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righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 35:3
Said: spoke, declared, told, or expressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A benefit, gain, or favorable position; as a verb, to benefit or promote another's interest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Benefit or advantage; also to benefit, improve, or advance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Made clean or pure; freed from filth, defilement, guilt, disease, or ceremonial uncleanness, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 35:4
A reply or response; as a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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companions
Persons who accompany, associate, or share a condition, work, covenant, or fellowship with others; fellows, mates, or partners.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Open the full verse study7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
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Open the full verse study17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
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Open the full verse study6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
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Open the full verse study2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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Open the full verse study5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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Open the full verse study8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
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Open the full verse study17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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Open the full verse study22And 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:
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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Open the full verse study14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
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Open the full verse study15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
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Open the full verse study15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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Open the full verse study2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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Open the full verse study21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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Open the full verse study30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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Open the full verse study13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
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Open the full verse study20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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