If I am wrong, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I would not lift up my head – filled with shame and seeing my grief!
Job 35:3 - The Scriptures 2009 For you say, ‘Of what use is it to you? What do I gain more than if I had sinned?’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That you ask, What advantage have you? How am I profited more than if I had sinned? American Standard Version (1901) That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? Common English Bible Yet you ask, “What does it benefit you? What have I gained by avoiding sin?” Catholic Public Domain Version For you said, "Having done what is right does not please you," and, "How will it benefit you, if I sin?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin? |
If I am wrong, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I would not lift up my head – filled with shame and seeing my grief!
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
For what is the portion of Eloah from above, and the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
For he has said, ‘It does not profit a man that he takes delight in Elohim.’
Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
Indeed, in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence.
“You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve Elohim. And what did we gain when we guarded His Charge, and when we walked as mourners before יהוה of hosts?