Job 35:8

Job 35:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
• New International Version (NIV)Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.

Context of Job 35:8

6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him? 7If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art ; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. 9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Job 35:8 word by word

לְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• wickednessרֶ֫שַׁעresha‛ · wickednessH7562
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for Job 35:8

• Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
• Joshua 22:20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
• Jonah 1:12And he said to them, Take me, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
• Job 42:8Therefore take to you now seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
• Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• Genesis 18:24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?
• Genesis 19:29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
• Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them .
• Ezekiel 22:30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
• Acts 27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Commentaries on Job 35:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thy wickedness may hurt - It is better to translate this literally: To a man like thyself is thy wickedness: And to the son of man, thy righteousness: That is: - Thou mayest injure thyself and others by thy wickedness, And thou mayest benefit both by thy righteousness; But God thou canst neither hurt nor profit.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thy wickedness may hurt a Man as thou art - That is, it may injure him, but not God. He is too far exalted above man, and too independent of man in his sources of happiness, to be affected by what he can do. The object of the whole passage Job 35:6-8 is, to show that God is independent of people, and is not governed in his dealings with them on the principles which regulate their conduct with each other. One man may be greatly benefited by the conduct of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8Elihu tried to answer his own question (35:2). But his response did not add anything new compared to: Zophar (11:8–9). Eliphaz (22:12). Bildad (25:5–6). Job (9:8–10). Elihu did not realize that all sin offends God (Genesis 39:9; Matthew 25:41–46; compare Proverbs 19:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. Elihu like Eliphaz (Job 22:2, 3, 12) shows that God is too exalted in nature to be susceptible of benefit or hurt from the righteousness or sin of men respectively; it is themselves that they benefit by righteousness, or hurt by sin. behold the clouds, which are higher than thou--spoken with irony. Not only are they higher than thou, but thou canst not even reach them clearly with the eye. Yet these are not as high as God's seat. God is therefore too…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 35:8

• Man
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Advantage
• Elihu
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Commentaries on Job 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary