Job 35:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? What advantage will it be unto thee? - As if he had said to God, "My righteousness cannot profit thee, nor do I find that it is of any benefit to myself." Or perhaps Elihu makes here a general assertion, which he afterwards endeavors to exemplify: Thou hast been reasoning how it may profit thee, and thou hast said, "What profit shall I have in righteousness more than in sin?"