Job 35:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

If you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

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For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing to take delight in God.’

You have said, “It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?

All in vain I have kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’

If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.

If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target? Why have I become a burden to you?

I will answer you and your friends with you.