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Job 35:3 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 35:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 35 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? if: or, by it more than by my sin”
Job 35:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 35:3
Elihu quotes Job's question: "For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?" The noun sakan (סָכַן, "advantage") means benefit or profit. The verb ya'al (יָעַל, "profit") asks about usefulness. Elihu accuses Job of asking what good righteousness does. This is another mischaracterization—Job questioned why righteousness didn't protect from suffering, not whether righteousness matters. From a Reformed perspective, Elihu identifies a real danger: justifying righteousness by its earthly benefits rather than God's glory and comman...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 35:3
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“'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'”
“'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have kept his charge”
“and the heritage from the Almighty on high?”
“woe to me. If I am righteous”
“Though I were perfect”
“and cleanse my hands with lye”
“and washed my hands in innocence”
“that we should serve him? What profit should we have”