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Job 35:8 KJV
Job · chapter 35 · verse 8
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.Job 35:8 · King James Version
Job 35:8 in context
6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnesstsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- wickednessreshaʻa wrongH7562 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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We have here, I. The bad words which Elihu charges upon Job, Job 35:2, Job 35:3. To evince the badness of them he appeals to Job himself, and his own sober thoughts, in the reflection: Thinkest thou this to be right? This intimates Elihu's confidence that the reproof he now gave was just, for he could refer the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8