Job 35:3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
KJV
Dixisti enim : Non tibi placet quod rectum est : vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero ?
Vulgate
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
ASV
כִּֽי תֹ֭אמַר מַה יִּסְכָּן לָ֑/ךְ מָֽה אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽ/חַטָּאתִֽ/י
Hebrew
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הוֹעִ֔יל
hv'yl
verb · 23×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
יִסְכָּן
yskn
verb · 12×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- Job 36:21 — Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
- Mal 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?
- Mal 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?
- Ps 73:13 — Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.