The Meaning of Job 35:5 Explained

Job 35:5

KJV: Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

YLT: Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Darby: Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

ASV: Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 35:5?

MEANING: What does Job 35:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 35:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 35:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Look  unto the heavens,  and see;  and behold  the clouds  [which] are higher  than thou. 

What does Job 35:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 35:1-16 - Songs In The Night
God is so exalted above man in His nature that He is altogether independent of him. When men sin against Him, they hurt not Him but themselves. There is no motive, therefore, of retaliation or revenge in His chastisements. "Not for His pleasure," the Holy Ghost saith in another place, "but for our profit," Hebrews 12:10.
Instead of seeking after God our Maker, who can give songs in the darkest night that ever befell a human spirit, we are too apt to despair. Instead of crying to God, we cry against Him. We murmur and complain. We arraign God. There is our pride, Job 35:12. We regard iniquity in our heart, and God cannot answer us until we change our note for one of loving, trustful submission. God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Let us change our temper and our note. Have done with the proud self-will that chafes and argues and complains. This will not speed thy cause at God's bar. Humble thyself under His mighty hand, and He will exalt thee. "The meek He will teach His way." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 35

1  Comparison is not to be made with God,
6  because our good or evil cannot extend unto him
9  Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith

What do the individual words in Job 35:5 mean?

Look to the heavens and see and behold the clouds they are higher than you
הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ

הַבֵּ֣ט  Look 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָבַט  
Sense: to look, regard.
שָׁמַ֣יִם  to  the  heavens 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וּרְאֵ֑ה  and  see 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וְשׁ֥וּר  and  behold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שׁוּר  
Sense: to see, behold, observe, regard.
שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים  the  clouds 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׁחַק  
Sense: dust, cloud.
גָּבְה֥וּ  they  are  higher 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: גָּבַהּ  
Sense: to be high, be exalted.
מִמֶּֽךָּ  than  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.

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