Cross References For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin? Job 7:20 I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee. and am I become burdensome to myself? Job 9:30 If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean: Job 9:31 Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me. Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him. Job 35:4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee. Psalm 73:13 And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin? what advantage Job 9:21,22 Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life. . . . Job 10:15 And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery. Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him? Job 31:2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high? Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him. Psalm 73:13 And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent. Malachi 3:14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts? If I be cleansed from my sin. Context Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice…2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God? 3For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?4Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.… Lexicon Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction you ask, תֹ֭אמַר (ṯō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say ‘What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what does it profit יִּסְכָּן־ (yis·kān-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5532: To be familiar with, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary me, לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew and what מָֽה־ (māh-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what benefit do I gain אֹ֝עִ֗יל (’ō·‘îl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit apart from sin?’ מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ (mê·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender Additional Translations For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And , What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? I will answer thee, and thy three friends. For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned? That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?' For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?' Jump to Previous Advantage Better Cleansed Gain Inquirest Profit Sin Sinned Sinning What WrongJump to Next Advantage Better Cleansed Gain Inquirest Profit Sin Sinned Sinning What WrongExternal Links Job 35:3 NIVJob 35:3 NLT Job 35:3 ESV Job 35:3 NASB Job 35:3 ASV Job 35:3 Bible Apps Job 35:3 Biblia Paralela Job 35:3 Chinese Bible Job 35:3 French Bible Job 35:3 German Bible Alphabetical: advantage and ask be by do For gain had have him I if is it me more not profit say sinned' sinning' than to What will Yet you OT Poetry: Job 35:3 That you ask 'What advantage will it (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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