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.
Job 35:3 - Revised Standard Version that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 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.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.’
If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?