Job 35:3
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New International Version (©1984)
Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?'

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
when you ask, 'What benefit is it to you?' and, 'What would I gain by sinning?'

King James Bible
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

American King James Version
For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

American Standard Version
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And , What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Bible in Basic English
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin?

Darby Bible Translation
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

English Revised Version
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

World English Bible
That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

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

Geneva Study Bible

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

Wesley's Notes

35:3 Thou saidst - Another imputation upon God. Unto thee - Unto me; such changes of persons being frequent in the Hebrew language. What profit, and c. - God does not reward so much as I deserve. But it was not fair to charge this upon Job, which he had neither directly nor indirectly affirmed.

King James Translators' Notes

if...: or, by it more than by my sin

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. Rather, explanatory of "this" in Job 35:2, "That thou sayest (to thyself, as if a distinct person) What advantage is it (thy integrity) to thee? What profit have I (by integrity) more than (I should have) by my sin?" that is, more than if I had sinned (Job 34:9). Job had said that the wicked, who use these very words, do not suffer for it (Job 21:13-15); whereby he virtually sanctioned their sentiments. The same change of persons from oblique to direct address occurs (Job 19:28; 22:17).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

35:1-8 Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of our sins or of our services! We have no reason to complain if we have not what we expect, but should be thankful that we have better than we deserve.


Job 9:30 "If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 9:31 Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.
Job 34:9 "For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing When he is pleased with God.' (NASB ©1995)

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For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

what advantage 9:21,22 10:15 21:15 31:2 34:9 Ps 73:13 Mal 3:14

If I be cleansed from my sin. or, by it more than by my sin

Bible Gateway: Job Chapter 35 Verse 3 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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