Job 35:3,6 - Compare All Versions

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Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’

If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?

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

If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me? What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?

For you ask, “What does it profit you,  and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin? ”

If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

Elihu lit into Job again: “Does this kind of thing make any sense? First you say, ‘I’m perfectly innocent before God.’ And then you say, ‘It doesn’t make a bit of difference whether I’ve sinned or not.’

“Well, I’m going to show you that you don’t know what you’re talking about, neither you nor your friends. Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look. See those clouds towering above you? If you sin, what difference could that make to God? No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him? Even if you’re good, what would God get out of that? Do you think he’s dependent on your accomplishments? The only ones who care whether you’re good or bad are your family and friends and neighbors. God’s not dependent on your behavior.

“For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What benefit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your wrongdoings are many, what do you do to Him?

“For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]? What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’

“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him?

But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’ and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?