Job 35:3
For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.
4I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
Cross References
Job 9:21I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!
Job 10:15If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.
Job 31:2Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Psalms 73:13Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
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 →