Job 35:3
For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?
4Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
Cross References
Job 9:21Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
Job 10:15And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.
Job 31:2For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Psalms 73:13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
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 →