Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.Job 35:8
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
לְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃
- לְאִישׁ־le.'ish-“[is] for a person”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אִישׁ · “man” · Strong's H0376G
- כָּמ֥וֹךָka.Mo.kha“like yourself”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from כְּמוֹ · “like” · Strong's H3644G
- רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָrish.'E.kha“wickedness your”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from רֶ֫שַׁע · “wickedness” · Strong's H7562
- וּלְבֶן־u.le.ven-“and [is] for a child of”Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בֵּן · “child” · Strong's H1121A
- אָ֝דָ֗ם'a.Dam“humankind”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אָדָם · “man” · Strong's H0120G
- צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzid.ka.Te.cha“righteousness your”Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from צְדָקָה · “righteousness” · Strong's H6666
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)