Verse 8
Job 35:8
World Messianic Bible
8
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are,
and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/אִישׁ כָּמ֥וֹ/ךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑/ךָ וּ/לְ/בֶן אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
To a man like you, your wickedness, and to the son of man, your righteousness.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 35 Context
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Moreover Elihu answered,
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“Do you think this to be your right,
or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God (Elohim)’s,’
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That you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you?
What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned...
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I will answer you,
and your companions with you.
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Look to the heavens, and see.
See the skies, which are higher than you.
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If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him?
If your transgressions are multiplied, what...
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If you are righteous, what do you give him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
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Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are,
and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
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“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out.
They cry for help by reason of the arm of t...
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But no one says, ‘Where is God (Elohim) my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
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who teaches us more than the animals of the earth,
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
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There they cry, but no one gives answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
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Surely God (Elohim) will not hear an empty cry,
neither will the Almighty regard it.
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How much less when you say you don’t see him.
The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
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But now, because he has not visited in his anger,
neither does he greatly regard arrogance.
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Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk,
and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
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