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Job 35:2–3

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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?
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From verse 2

  1. Matthew 12:36–37Rank 1 from verse 2
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    36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  2. Job 10:7Rank 2 from verse 2
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    7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  3. Job 16:17Rank 3 from verse 2
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    17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  4. Job 19:6–7Rank 4 from verse 2
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    6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  5. Job 27:2–6Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

    3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

    5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

    6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

From verse 3

  1. Job 34:9Rank 1 from verse 3
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    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  2. Malachi 3:14Rank 2 from verse 3
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    14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

  3. Job 10:15Rank 3 from verse 3
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    15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

  4. Job 21:15Rank 4 from verse 3
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    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  5. Job 31:2Rank 5 from verse 3
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    2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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Job 35:2

COMBINED MEANING

thinkest

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Second-person singular present form of think. Sense 1: To form or hold a thought. Sense 2: To judge or suppose. Sense 3: To intend. Sense 4: To consider or remember. Sense 5: To imagine or esteem.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Job 35:3

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

advantage

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Sense 1: Benefit, profit, or a favourable superiority or opportunity by which one may gain. Sense 2: To benefit or profit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

profit

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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cleansed

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Made clean or pure; freed from filth, defilement, guilt, disease, or ceremonial uncleanness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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35:1ELIHU spake moreover, and said,

35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

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35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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35:4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

35:6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

35:7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

35:8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

35:10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

35:12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

35:13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

35:15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

35:16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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