Job 35:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 35:3 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 35:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
- Job 9:30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
- Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
- Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
- Job 31:2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
- Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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