For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Job 36:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take heed, turn not to iniquity, for this [the iniquity of complaining against God] you have chosen rather than [submission in] affliction. American Standard Version (1901) Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Common English Bible Take care; don’t turn to evil because you’ve chosen it over affliction. Catholic Public Domain Version Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. |
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh, according to the multitude of his idols;
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evildoing.