Job 35:8
Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth he at thine hand?
9They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
Genesis 19:29But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled.
Joshua 22:20Did not Achan ye sonne of Zerah trespasse grieuously in the execrable thing, and wrath fell on all the Congregation of Israel? and this man alone perished not in his wickednesse.
Psalms 106:23Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stand in the breach before him to turne away his wrath, least he shoulde destroy them.
Ecclesiastes 9:18Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Jonah 1:12And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon 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 →