Job 35:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 Verily I have cleansed{H8765)} my heart in vain, and washed{H8799)} 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 ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Job 9:21-22 : 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, 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 shalt 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 will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou 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 portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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2Wash{H8761)} me throughly{H8685)} from mine iniquity, and cleanse{H8761)} me from my sin.
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