Job 35:3
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?
4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Cross References
Job 9:21Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.
Job 31:2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →