Job 35:2-8
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 35
2'Do you think this is in accordance with justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? 3For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What benefit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’ 4I will answer you, And your friends with you. 5Look at the heavens and see; And look at the clouds—they are higher than you. 6If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your wrongdoings are many, what do you do to Him? 7If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.King James Version
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 35
2Do you think it is just when you say, "I am righteous before God"? 3For you ask, "What does it profit you, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?" 4I will answer you and your friends with you. 5Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. 6If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him? 7If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness, a son of man.New Living Translation
Chapter 35
2'Do you think it is right for you to claim, ‘I am righteous before God’? 3For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me? What’s the use of living a righteous life?’
4'I will answer you and all your friends, too.
5Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.
6If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?
7If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?
8No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans.
English Standard Version
Chapter 35
2"Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’ 3that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’ 4I will answer you and your friends with you. 5 Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you. 6If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.New International Version
3Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’
4"I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
5Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
6If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
7If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
New King James Version