Job 35

Job · Chapter 35

Job 35:8

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?8Thy 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;11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[is] for a personלְאִישׁ־le-'ish-H0376G
man

אִישׁ (ish) : man 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

like yourselfכָּמ֥וֹךָka-MO-khaH3644G
like

כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were

wickedness yourרִשְׁעֶ֑ךָrish-'E-khaH7562
wickedness

רֶ֫שַׁע (re.sah) 1) wrong, wickedness, guilt 1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law) 1b) wickedness (of enemies) 1c) wickedness (in ethical relations)

and [is] for a child ofוּלְבֶן־u-le-ven-H1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

humankindאָ֝דָ֗ם'a-DAMH0120G
man

אָדָם (a.dam) 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley

righteousness yourצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzid-ka-TE-chaH6666
righteousness

צִדְקָה (tsid.qah) right doing, doing right, righteousness Aramaic of tse.da.qah (צְדָקָה "righteousness" H6666)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.