Job 35:2–4

2 “Do you think this is just?

You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’

3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,

and what do I gain by not sinning?’

4 “I would like to reply to you

and to your friends with you.

2 “Do you think this to be just?

Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’

3 that you ask, ‘What advantage have I?

How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

4 I will answer you

and your friends with you.

2 Thinkest thou this to be right,

That thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?

And, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

4 I will answer thee,

And thy companions with thee.

2 “Do you think it is right for you to claim,

‘I am righteous before God’?

3 For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me?

What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

4 “I will answer you

and all your friends, too.

2 “Do you think this is right?

Do you say,

‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

3 For you say,

‘What advantage will it be to You?

What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

4 “I will answer you,

And your companions with you.

2 “Do you think this is fair?

You say, ‘God will show that I am right,’

3 but you also ask, ‘What’s the use?

I don’t gain anything by not sinning.’

4 “I will answer you

and your friends who are with you.

2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right,

Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,

3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee?

And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

4 I will answer thee,

And thy companions with thee.

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than •God’s? 3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned? 4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

2 “Do you think this is right 

when you say, ‘My case is more just than God’s,’ 

3 when you ask, ‘What benefit is it to you?’ 

and, ‘What would I gain by sinning?’ 

4 I will answer you and your friends. 

2 Do you think it is just when you say,

“I am righteous before God”?

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

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

4 I will answer you

and your friends with you.

2 “Do you think this to be just?

You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’

3 If you ask, ‘What advantage have I?

How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

4 I will answer you

and your friends with you.

2 “Do you think this is justice when you say,

‘I am right before God’?

3 If you ask what it profits you:

‘How do I benefit by refraining from my sin?’

4 I myself will give answer to you

and to your friends with you.

2 “Job, do you think it’s fair for you to say,

‘God will clear me of all charges’?

3 You ask him, ‘What good is it for me not to sin?

What do I get by not sinning?’

4 “I’d like to reply to you

and to your friends who are with you.

2 “Do you think this is according to justice?

Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

3 “For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You?

What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

4 “I will answer you,

And your friends with you.