Job 35:3

For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

Young's Literal Translation

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

2This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

4I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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Cross References

Job 9:21Perfect I am! — I know not my soul, I despise my life.

Job 10:15If I have done wickedly — woe to me, And righteously — I lift not up my head, Full of shame — then see my affliction,

Job 31:2And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

Psalms 73:13Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency 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 →

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