Job 35:3

I will answer you, and your three friends.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

2What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?

4Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above you.

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Cross References

Job 9:21For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: but my life is taken away.

Job 10:15Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I can’t lift myself up, for I am full of dishonor.

Job 31:2Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

Psalms 73:13You did establish the sea, in your might, you did break to pieces the heads of the + 73:13 Or, serpents. dragons in the water. 1

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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