Job 35:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said,‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD of Heaven’s Armies?
  • Job 9:21-22 : 21 I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life. 22 Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye, 31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
  • Job 31:2 : 2 What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 35:2
    81%

    2“Do you think this to be just: when you say,‘My right before God.’

  • Job 35:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

    7If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?

    8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

  • Job 22:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

    3Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

  • Jer 2:35
    77%

    35you say,‘I have not done anything wrong, so the LORD cannot really be angry with me any more.’ But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say,‘I have not committed any sin.’

  • Job 11:4
    76%

    4For you have said,‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’

  • Job 33:27
    76%

    27That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

  • Job 10:6
    76%

    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

  • Job 14:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

    4Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

  • Job 34:9
    75%

    9For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

  • Job 35:4
    75%

    4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • Prov 20:9
    74%

    9Who can say,“I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?

  • Job 9:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

    30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

  • Job 34:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31Job Is Foolish to Rebel“Has anyone said to God,‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.

    32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

  • Job 33:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):

    9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • Job 10:14
    74%

    14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

  • Job 15:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

    14What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Jer 2:22
    73%

    22You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” says the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ps 51:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!

    3For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.

    4Against you– you above all– I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

  • Ps 73:13
    73%

    13I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

  • Ps 30:9
    73%

    9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

  • Job 13:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

    23How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.

    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • Job 40:8
    73%

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Job 21:15
    72%

    15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’

  • Job 10:3
    72%

    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

  • Isa 57:12
    72%

    12I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

  • Job 22:5
    72%

    5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

  • Job 4:17
    72%

    17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

  • Ps 18:24
    71%

    24The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • 2 Sam 22:25
    71%

    25The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Rom 3:1
    71%

    1Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

  • Job 25:4
    71%

    4How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

  • Ps 32:5
    71%

    5Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said,“I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD.” And then you forgave my sins.(Selah)

  • Job 34:5
    71%

    5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

  • Ps 65:3
    71%

    3Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

  • Job 18:3
    70%

    3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?