Job 35:8
Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, 1 and your righteousness might benefit another son of man. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
In Context
7If you are righteous, what can you give to him? 1 What will he receive from your hand? 1
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God called Abraham to mind. He sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
Joshua 22:20Did not Achan son of Zerah break faith in the matter of those things that had been reserved for God? Did not wrath fall on all the people of Israel? That man did not perish alone for his iniquity.'”
Psalms 106:23So he said he would destroy them— 1 had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, 1 to turn away his anger from destroying them. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, 2 but one sinner can ruin much good.
Jonah 1:12Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me that this great storm is happening to you.”
Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →