For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
    and what do I gain by not sinning?’(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:3 Or you

14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

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14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(A) to serve(B) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(C) and going about like mourners(D) before the Lord Almighty?

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13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

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13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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