Job 35:3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
King James Version
In Context
2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Cross References
Job 9:21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job 31:2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Psalms 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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 →