3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
3 that you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
3 And then you say, 'It doesn't make a bit of difference whether I've sinned or not.'
3 For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
3 For you also ask, 'What's in it for me? What's the use of living a righteous life?'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 35:3
Commentary on Job 35:1-8
(Read Job 35:1-8)
Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them; how much then is he out of the reach, either of our sins or of our services! We have no reason to complain if we have not what we expect, but should be thankful that we have better than we deserve.