Job 35:3

That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

In Context

2Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',

4I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.

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Cross References

Job 9:21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.

Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head — being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.

Job 31:2For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, 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 →

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