Job 35:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

KJV

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

WEB

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

ASV

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

LSV

For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, || And for a son of man your righteousness.

YLT

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

DBY

Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.

DRC

Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.

GNV

Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.

JPS

Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.

LXXE

Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου.

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• Joshua 22:20Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
• Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
• Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
• Psalms 106:30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
• Genesis 18:24–33What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the…
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
• Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
• Joshua 7:1–5The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of…
• Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
• Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your…
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
• Jonah 1:12“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
• Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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