Job 35:3
And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
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2“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
4I'll tell you, and your friends too!
Cross References
Job 9:21I am innocent! I don't care what happens to me. I hate my life!
Job 10:15If I'm guilty I'm in trouble, if I'm innocent I can't hold my head high because I'm totally disgraced as I look at my sufferings.
Job 31:2What should people expect to receive from God? What reward should the Almighty on high give them?
Psalms 73:13It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.
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 →