Job 35:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
  • Job 9:21-22 : 21 I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life. 22 It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap; 31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
  • Job 10:15 : 15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
  • Job 31:2 : 2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

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    2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

  • Job 35:6-8
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    79%

    6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

    7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

    8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

  • Job 22:2-3
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    78%

    2 Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

    3 Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

  • Jer 2:35
    77%

    35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • Job 11:4
    76%

    4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

  • Job 33:27
    76%

    27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

  • Job 10:6
    76%

    6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • Job 14:3-4
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    75%

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

    4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

  • Job 34:9
    75%

    9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

  • Job 35:4
    75%

    4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:

  • Job 7:20-21
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    74%

    20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • Prov 20:9
    74%

    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • Job 9:29-30
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    74%

    29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

    30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

  • Job 34:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 ...

    32 ...

  • Job 33:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • Job 10:14
    74%

    14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

  • Job 15:13-14
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    73%

    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

    14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

  • Jer 2:22
    73%

    22 For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

  • Ps 51:2-4
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    73%

    2 Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

    3 For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

    4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

  • Ps 73:13
    73%

    13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

  • Ps 30:9
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    9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

  • Job 13:22-24
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    22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

    23 What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

    24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 21:15
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    15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

  • Job 10:3
    72%

    3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Isa 57:12
    72%

    12 I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

  • Job 22:5
    72%

    5 Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

  • Job 4:17
    72%

    17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • Ps 18:24
    71%

    24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • 2 Sam 22:25
    71%

    25 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • Rom 3:1
    71%

    1 How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?

  • Job 25:4
    71%

    4 How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Ps 32:5
    71%

    5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

  • Job 34:5
    71%

    5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

  • Ps 65:3
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    3 Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

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    3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?