Job 35:9

"Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights that one's actions have real consequences for others; wickedness can harm those around you, while righteousness can benefit them. It underscores the interconnectedness of human actions and their impact on the community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry -It is not quite easy to see the connection which this verse has with what goes before, or its bearing on the argument of Elihu. It seems however, to refer to the “oppressed in general,” and to the fact, to which Job had himself advertedJob 24:12, that people are borne down by oppression and that God does not interpose to save them. They are suffered to remain in that state of oppression - trodden down by people, crushed by the armor of a despot, and overwhelmed with poverty, sorrow, and want, and God does not interpose to rescue them.

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