Job 35:3
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
2Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
4I will make answer to you and to your friends:
Cross References
Job 9:21I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Job 10:15That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.
Job 31:2For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
Psalms 73:13As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
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 →