Job 35:3
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָכַן
çâkan
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
יַעַל
yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
טָהֵר
ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
סָכַן çâkan
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
Study H5532 →טָהֵר ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Study H2891 →יַעַל yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Study H3276 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →Cross References
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Ye 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?
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
If 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;
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