Protestantism
English
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?1
- if…: or, by it more than by my sin
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
For thou didst say, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, [if] I am cleansed] from my sin?
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
If you ask what it profits you: ‘How do I benefit ⌞by refraining from my sin⌟?’1
- Literally “from my sin”
For you say, What will it benefit you? What shall I profit more than if I had sinned?
For you say, What will it benefit you? And, What good shall I have more than if I had sinned?
That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
For thou askest, "What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?"
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?1
- if…: or, by it more than by my sin.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?1
- if...: or, by it more than by my sin
For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Catholicism
English
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”1
- 35:3The word ‘vel’ is usually translated as ‘or,’ and the word ‘et’ is usually translated as ‘and.’ However, sometimes the meaning of these Latin words is best expressed by translating ‘vel’ as ‘and,’ and by translating ‘et’ as ‘or.’(Conte)