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Job 35:8

6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

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

9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
BLB
Your wickedness [is] to a man such as you, and your righteousness to a son of man.
ÅB
Bare for et menneske, din likemann, kan din ugudelighet ha noe å si, og bare for et menneskebarn din rettferdighet.
OTB
Din ondskap påvirker bare mennesker som deg selv,
og din rettferdighet påvirker bare medmennesker.
B1930
Bare for et menneske, din likemann, kan din ugudelighet ha noget å si, og bare for et menneskebarn din rettferdighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.”

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  • Psalms 106:30

    But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

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  • Hebrews 11:7

    By 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.

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  • Job 42:8

    So 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 folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

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  • Genesis 12:2

    I 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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  • Genesis 19:29

    So 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.

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  • Acts 27:24

    and 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.’

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  • Psalms 106:23

    So 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.

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