Job 35:3
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Cross References
Job 9:21I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.
Job 31:2For what is the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, 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 →