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 you sin, how does it affect Him? If your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man. 9“Because of a multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of the power of the mighty. 10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Job 35:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy wickednessרֶ֫שַׁעresha‛ · wickednessH7562
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and thy righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for Job 35:8

• Joshua 7:1But Bnei-Yisrael unfaithfully violated the ban. Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the banned things. So Adonai’s anger burned against Bnei-Yisrael.
• Joshua 22:20Did not Achan son of Zerah act unfaithfully concerning the things under the ban, and so wrath fell on the entire community of Israel? Nor did that man perish alone in his iniquity.’”
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
• Jonah 1:12“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he said to them, “then the sea will become calm for you. For I know it is because of me that this great storm is upon you.”
• Job 42:8So now, take for yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams and go to My servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept Job’s prayer and not deal with you according to your folly because you have not spoken correctly about Me, like My servant Job.”
• Genesis 12:2My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
• Genesis 18:24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous who are in it?
• Genesis 19:29So it was, as God destroyed the cities of the surrounding area, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the upheaval, when He demolished the cities where Lot had dwelt.
• Psalms 106:23So He commanded their extermination, had not Moses, His chosen one, stood in the breach before Him, to turn His wrath from destroying them.
• Ezekiel 22:30I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
• Acts 27:24He said, ‘Do not fear, Paul. You must stand before Caesar; and indeed, God has granted you all who are sailing with you.’
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about events not yet seen, in holy fear prepared an ark for the safety of his household. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes 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
• Heaven

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