3Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?'


In Context

1 Then Elihu said:

2 "Do you think this is just? You say, 'I will be cleared by God. '

3 Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?'

4 "I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.

5 Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.

Job 35:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and,] What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:3For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:3That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And , What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:3For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:3That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:3That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:3For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:3For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?