Job 35:3

כִּֽי ־ תֹאמַר מַה ־ יִּסְכָּן ־ לָךְ מָֽה ־ אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל ׃

4אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת ־ רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ ׃

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Cross References

Job 9:21תָּֽם ־ אָנִי לֹֽא ־ אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּֽי ׃

Job 10:15אִם ־ רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא ־ אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עָנְיִֽי ׃

Job 31:2וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְֽנַחֲלַת שַׁדַּי מִמְּרֹמִֽים ׃

Psalms 73:13אַךְ ־ רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּֽי ׃

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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