Job 35:3
that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
World English Bible
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In Context
2“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
4I will answer you, and your companions with you.
Cross References
Job 9:21I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
Job 31:2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Psalms 73:13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed 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 →