What does Job 35:3 mean?

Job 35:3 highlights themes such as sin, questioning, profit when read in context.

How should I apply Job 35:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,

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

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

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

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

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Romans 6:23
This verse explains the consequences of sin, similar to Job's questioning of the profit of being cleansed from sin.