Job 35:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

Your wickedness touches and affects a man such as you are, and your righteousness is for yourself, one of the human race [but it cannot touch God, Who is above such influence].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Your wickedness touches and affects a man such as you are, and your righteousness is for yourself, one of the human race [but it cannot touch God, Who is above such influence].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness, a son of man.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

If you do wicked things, it is other people who suffer, not God. And if you do good things, you are only helping other people.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Job, the good and bad things you do affect only other people like yourself.

Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Others suffer from your sins, and the good you do helps them.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself. Your righteousness affects only the descendants of Adam.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [another] human being.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Your wickedness may hurt a man like you, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Your wickedness can affect only a man like yourself; and your justice only a fellow human being.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The evil things you do only hurt someone like yourself. The right things you do only help other human beings.

English NIV

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only the sons of men.

English NKJ 1982

Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.

English NLT

No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds affect only other people.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Your sins may hurt another man, or your good deeds may profit him.

English Tyndale 1537

Of such an ungodly person as thou, and of the son of man that is righteous as thou pretendest to be:

Job 35:8 — Compare Translations