Job 35:3

For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?

4Therefore will I answere thee, and thy companions with thee.

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Cross References

Job 9:21Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.

Job 10:15If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.

Job 31:2For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?

Psalms 73:13Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.

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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