Job 35:3

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

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In Context

2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

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

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Cross References

Job 9:21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Job 31:2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Psalms 73:13Verily I have cleansed 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 →

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