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Forכִּיyou say,תֹאמַר‘Whatמַהdoes it profitיִּסְכָּןyou?לָךְWhatמָהdo I gainאֹעִילmore than my sin?’מֵחַטָּאתִי
Job 35:3
Study it in the app“For you say, ‘What does it profit you? What do I gain more than my sin?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 35:3, word by word
- you sayתֹאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- does it profitיִּסְכָּןyiskan
be useful
To be of use, be useful.
Where else “yiskan” appears- do I gainאֹעִילoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “oil” appears- more than my sin?’חַטָּאתִchatati
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appears
Translation note
“More than my sin”: more than if I had sinned.
The context
2“This do you count as justice? You said, ‘My righteousness is more than El’s.’
3 · This verse (above)
4I will answer you with words, and your companions with you.