Job 35:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

Young's Literal Translation
For thou sayest, ‘What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?’

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

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you ask,
תֹ֭אמַר (ṯō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does it profit
יִּסְכָּן־ (yis·kān-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5532: To be familiar with, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary

me,
לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and what
מָֽה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

benefit do I gain
אֹ֝עִ֗יל (’ō·‘îl)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

apart from sin?’
מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ (mê·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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