Parallel Verses
Amplified
“For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]?
What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’
New American Standard Bible
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?
Holman Bible
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”
International Standard Version
After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: "What will I profit from refraining from sin?'
A Conservative Version
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
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?
Darby Translation
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Julia Smith Translation
For thou wilt say, What shall it profit to thee? what shall I profit from my sin?
King James 2000
For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?'
Modern King James verseion
For you say, What will it benefit you? And, What good shall I have more than if I had sinned?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou sayest, 'What advantage will it be unto thee, and what profit shall thou have of my sin?'
NET Bible
But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?'
New Heart English Bible
That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
The Emphasized Bible
For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
Webster
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?'
Youngs Literal Translation
For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 35:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Condemns Job
2
“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
“For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]?
What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’
“I will answer you,
And your companions with you.
Cross References
Job 34:9
“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he takes delight and is pleased with God and obeys Him.’
Job 9:21-22
“[Though] I am blameless,
I do not care about myself;
I despise my life.
Job 9:30-31
“If I were to wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 10:15
‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.
Job 21:15
‘Who [and what] is
And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
Job 31:2
“For what is the portion I would have from God above,
And what heritage from the Almighty on high?
Psalm 73:13
Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart
And washed my hands in innocence.
Malachi 3:14
You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What profit is it if we keep His ordinances, and walk around like mourners before the Lord of hosts?