Job 35:2–3
Job 35:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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?
Job 35:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
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.’
Job 35:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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?
Job 35:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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?
Job 35:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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?”
Job 35:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
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?’
Job 35:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
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?’