# Job 35 📖: Elihu Rebukes Job [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Job Overview]] | [[Job 34]] | [[Job 36]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ## Elihu’s Third Speech [[#Verse 01.]] Then Elihu answered: [[#Verse 02.]] “Do you think this to be just when you say, ‘My right before God’? [[#Verse 03.]] But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’ and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’ [[#Verse 04.]] I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. [[#Verse 05.]] Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you. [[#Verse 06.]] If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? [[#Verse 07.]] If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? [[#Verse 08.]] Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. [[#Verse 09.]] “People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty. [[#Verse 10.]] But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night, [[#Verse 11.]] who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’ [[#Verse 12.]] Then they cry out—but he does not answer— because of the arrogance of the wicked. [[#Verse 13.]] Surely it is an empty cry—God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it. [[#Verse 14.]] How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him! [[#Verse 15.]] And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression! [[#Verse 16.]] So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Chapter 35 is the shortest of Elihu's four speeches, sixteen verses long. 2. Elihu tells Job to look at the heavens and the clouds (35:5), a point Eliphaz also made (22:12). 3. Elihu argues that sin does not diminish God and righteousness does not enrich Him (35:6-7). Paul later says God does not need anything from human hands (Acts 17:25). 4. Elihu's words in 35:6 echo Job's own question in 7:20, "If I have sinned, what have I done to You?" 5. Elihu says our wickedness and righteousness mainly affect other people (35:8). 6. The Hebrew word for "my Maker" in 35:10 is plural in form, as in Isaiah 54:5, often understood as a plural of majesty. 7. "Songs in the night" (35:10) also appears in the thought of Psalm 42:8 and 77:6. 8. God teaches people more than the animals and makes them wiser than the birds (35:11). 9. Elihu says God does not listen to empty cries (35:13), meaning prayers that are only complaint without seeking Him. 10. Elihu concludes that Job multiplies words without knowledge (35:16). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One who gives songs in the night (35:10). Paul and Silas sang hymns at midnight in a prison cell (Acts 16:25), because Jesus is with His people even in their darkest hours (Matthew 28:20). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Elihu says many people cry out in pain but never ask, "Where is God my Maker?" (35:9-10). What is the difference between crying out in pain and truly seeking God? 2. God gives songs in the night (35:10). When has God given you hope or worship in a dark season? 3. Elihu says Job must wait for God (35:14). Why is waiting on God so hard, and what helps you do it well? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 5: Look up at the heavens and see the clouds high above you. - 📖 verse 10: No one asks, "Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night?" - 📖 verse 14: Job's case is before God, and he must wait for Him. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Acts 16#Verse 25.|Acts 16:25]] - Paul and Silas sang hymns at midnight. - 🔗 [[Psalm 42#Verse 08.|Psalm 42:8]] - At night His song is with me. - 🔗 [[Acts 17#Verse 24.|Acts 17:24-25]] - God does not need anything from human hands. - 🔗 [[Lamentations 03#Verse 25.|Lamentations 3:25-26]] - It is good to wait quietly for the Lord. - 🔗 [[Isaiah 40#Verse 31.|Isaiah 40:31]] - Those who wait for the Lord renew their strength. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Job 35 - SOAP|Wait For It]] ## 📂 Internal Notes