Job

Job 35:2–3

²“Do you think this is just?

You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’^a

³For you ask, ‘What does it profit me,

and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you think	חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ	ḥā·šaḇ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2803 think, account
this	הֲ֭זֹאת	hă·zōṯ	Article; Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
is just	לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט	lə·miš·pāṭ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
You say	אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ	’ā·mar·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I am more righteous	צִדְקִ֥י	ṣiḏ·qî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
than God	מֵאֵֽל׃	mê·’êl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you ask	תֹ֭אמַר	ṯō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
does it profit	יִּסְכָּן־	yis·kān-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5532 be of use of service, benefit
me	לָ֑ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
and what	מָֽה־	māh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
benefit do I gain	אֹ֝עִ֗יל	’ō·‘îl	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3276 profit, avail, benefit
apart from sin	מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃	mê·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 35:2 Matthew 12:36–37

Job 35:3 Job 34:9 · Malachi 3:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.