King James Version
Job 35:8 in the King James Version says “Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.” — study this verse from Job chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.”
Job 35:8 · KJV
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“may hurt a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“may profit the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“as thou art and thy righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
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