And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Ver. 26. What profit is it? &c.] Cui bono said that old judge in Rome. a This is a song that most men will listen to. As the Jassians in Strabo, delighted with the music of an excellent harper, ran all away, when once they heard the market bell ring, save a deaf old man, that could take little delight in the harper's ditties. But it were to be wished, that whenever we are tempted to sin, we would ask ourselves this question, What profit is it? &c.
a Cic., Orat. pro. C. Rabir.