2 Do you think it is just when you say,

“I am righteous before God”?

3 For you ask, “What does it profit you,C

and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”i

4 I will answer you

and your friends with you.

5 Look at the heavens and see;

gaze at the clouds high above you.

6 If you sin, how does it affect God?

If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give him,

or what does he receive from your hand?j

8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,

and your righteousness, a son of man.D