Catholic Public Domain Version
"For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?” "
— Job 35:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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? ”
“That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'”
“But you say,‘What will it profit you,’ and,‘What do I gain by not sinning?’”
“For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?”
“What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?”
“For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?”
After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?