Job 35:3

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Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?	For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?	I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For thou saidst^H559, What advantage^H5532 will it be unto thee? and, What profit^H3276 shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin^H2403?

Original Hebrew

כִּי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
תֹ֭אמַר	To.mar	H559	HVqi2ms	you say
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
יִּסְכָּן	yis.kon-	H5532	HVqi3ms	will it be of use
לָ֑/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	to/ you
מָֽה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
אֹ֝עִ֗יל	'o.'Il	H3276	HVhi1cs	will I profit
מֵֽ/חַטָּאתִֽ/י	Me./cha.ta.T/i	H2403	HR/Ncfsc/Sp1cs	from/ sin/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
H2403 — חַטָּאָה (chaṭṭâʼâh, khat-taw-aw'): or חַטָּאת; from חָטָא; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender; punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
H3276 — יַעַל (yaʻal, yaw-al'): a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited); [idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
H5532 — סָכַן (çâkan, saw-kan'): a primitive root; to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary; acquaint (self), be advantage, [idiom] ever, (be, (un-)) profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

what advantage — Job 9:21-22, Job 10:15, Job 21:15, Job 31:2, Job 34:9, Psalms 73:13, Malachi 3:14

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