Job 35:8

What does Job 35:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 35:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For a man like thyself <FI>is<Fi> thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

v.8This passage

v.9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 27:24

    saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.

  • Genesis 12:2

    and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:

  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

  • Psalms 106:30

    Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.

  • Genesis 19:29

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

  • Ezekiel 22:30

    And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

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