That you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’
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that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
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Matthew Henry · Verses 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.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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