Job 35:3
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
4I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
Cross References
Job 9:21Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job 10:15If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction;
Job 31:2For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Psalms 73:13Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
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 →