Job 35:2-3
Job 35:1-3 The Message (MSG)
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.’
Job 35:2-3 King James Version (KJV)
Thinkest thou this to be right, That thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Job 35:2-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
Job 35:2-3 New Century Version (NCV)
“Do you think this is fair? You say, ‘God will show that I am right,’ but you also ask, ‘What’s the use? I don’t gain anything by not sinning.’
Job 35:2-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s, That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Job 35:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’ Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’
Job 35:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’
Job 35:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Do you think this is according to [your] justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? “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?’