2 "Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right, not God.'
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
2 "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
2 "Does this kind of thing make any sense? First you say, 'I'm perfectly innocent before God.'
2 "Do you think this is right? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's'?
2 "Do you think it is right for you to claim, 'I am righteous before God'?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 35:2
Commentary on Job 35:1-8
(Read Job 35:1-8)
Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of our sins or of our services! We have no reason to complain if we have not what we expect, but should be thankful that we have better than we deserve.