Job 35:6-8

35:6 If you sin, how does it affect God? ¹ 

If your transgressions are many,

what does it do to him? ² 

35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to God,

or what does he receive from your hand?

35:8 Your wickedness affects only ³  a person like yourself,

and your righteousness only other people. ⁴ 

[35:6]  ¹ tn Heb “him” (also in v. 7); the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:6]  ² tn See Job 7:20.

[35:8]  ³ tn The phrase “affects only” is supplied in the translation of this nominal sentence.

[35:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and to [or for] a son of man, your righteousness.”