Job 35:3 · KJV
“For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}”
— Job 35:3
Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's?
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. {answer...: Heb. return to thee words}
Job 35 — Context
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's?
3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}
4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. {answer...: Heb. return to thee words}
5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds {which} are higher than thou.
Cross References
Job 34:9
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, It {is} vain to serve God: and what profit {is it} that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? {ordinance: Heb. observation} {mournfully: Heb. in black}
Job 31:2
For what portion of God {is there} from above? and {what} inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Job 9:21-22
{Though} I {were} perfect, {yet} would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job 10:15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and {if} I be righteous, {yet} will I not lift up my head. {I am} full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job 21:15
What {is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Psalms 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart {in} vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Job 9:30-31
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;