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Bible in Basic English
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
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?
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?’
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 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say, 3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong? 4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:
Cross References
Job 34:9
For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
Job 9:21-22
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Job 9:30-31
If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;
Job 10:15
That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.
Job 21:15
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
Job 31:2
For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
Psalm 73:13
As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
Malachi 3:14
You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?