Job 35:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

Transliteration

kî-tōʾmar mah-yiskān-lāk māh-ʾōʿîl mē-ḥaṭṭāʾtî

Grammar Details

*kî-tōʾmar*: conjunction + imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - that/for you say
*mah-yiskān-lāk*: interrogative + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - what profits to you?
*māh-ʾōʿîl*: interrogative + imperfect, 1st singular - what do I profit/gain?
*mē-ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 1st singular possessive suffix - from my sin

Word Meanings

*tōʾmar*: to say/speak/tell
*yiskān*: to profit/benefit/be of use
*ʾōʿîl*: to profit/benefit/gain
*ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: my sin/wrongdoing/error

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Job 9:21-22 : 21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life. 22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 10:15 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 31:2 : 2 For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

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