3 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.'
I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life. "It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, Being filled with disgrace, And conscious of my affliction.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence,
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Commentary on Job 35 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 35
Job being still silent, Elihu follows his blow, and here, a third time, undertakes to show him that he had spoken amiss, and ought to recant. Three improper sayings he here charges him with, and returns answer to them distinctly:-
Job 35:1-8
We have here,
Job 35:9-13
Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe,
Job 35:14-16
Here is,