Job 35:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For a man like thyself `is' thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
  • Gen 18:24-33 : 24 peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who `are' in its midst? 25 Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?' 26 And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.' 27 And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes; 28 peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy `it' not, if I find there forty and five.' 29 And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, `Peradventure there are found there forty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, because of the forty.' 30 And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, if I find there thirty.' 31 And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the twenty.' 32 And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the ten.' 33 And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
  • Josh 7:1-5 : 1 And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel. 2 And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which `is' near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai, 3 and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, `Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they `are' few.' 4 And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai, 5 and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.
  • Josh 22:20 : 20 Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.'
  • Job 42:8 : 8 And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.
  • Ps 106:30 : 30 And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Better `is' wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.
  • Jonah 1:12 : 12 And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest `is' upon you.'
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 35:6-7
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    6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

    7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

    18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

  • Job 35:2-3
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    2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness `is' more than God's?'

    3 For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

  • 12 I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.

  • 14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also `is' vanity.

  • 2 Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

  • 27 He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

  • Job 22:2-3
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    2 To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

    3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10 Say ye to the righteous, that `it is' good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

    11 Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

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    17 A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

    18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

  • 3 Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4 Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

    5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

  • 18 Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This `is' thy vexation, for `it is' bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

  • 9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

  • 8 The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

  • 12 And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

  • 23 Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • 10 Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • 15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

    8 Froward `is' the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright `is' his work.

  • 24 Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

  • 8 As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

  • Job 34:8-9
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    8 And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

    9 For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

  • 16 The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • 8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

  • 15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • 5 Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

  • 13 This `is' the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

  • 13 as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

  • 1 Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

  • 6 Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • 26 The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • 1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God `is' all the day.

  • 27 Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

  • 6 In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • 8 Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

  • 11 For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

  • 16 Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

  • 31 Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

  • 35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,

  • 10 Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful `is' thy soul.