Job 35:3

For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

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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

2“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, || My righteousness [is] more than God’s?

4I return words, and your friends with you,

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Cross References

Job 9:21I am perfect; I do not know my soul, I despise my life.

Job 10:15If I have done wickedly—woe to me, || And righteously—I do not lift up my head, || Full of shame—then see my affliction,

Job 31:2And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

Psalms 73:13Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,

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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