Passage Research
Job 35 — Sermon Preparation
Elihu argues that Job's righteousness or sin adds nothing to God, and that the proud who cry out without true understanding receive no answer. Below is a research summary for Job 35, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Job 35 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שׁוּר | shûwr | H7789 | 3 | spy, survey |
| מִלָּה | millâh | H4405 | 2 | word, discourse |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 2 | strength, mighty |
| עָנָה | ʻânâh | H6030 | 2 | eye, heed |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 2 | sky, aloft |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 2 | give, put |
| כָּבַר | kâbar | H3527 | 1 | plait together, augment |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Job 35, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that to-morrow must be as this day, is as absurd as to think that the weather, when either fair or foul, will be always so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right, and all that seems dark and difficult will be cleared up and set straight. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 35:14–30 (Public Domain)
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