NET Bible
"Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people."
— Job 35:8, NET Bible
“Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.”
“Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man. ”
“Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.”
“Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.”
“Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.”
“Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.”
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?
If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?
Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.
But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’