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Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.
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The Horizontal Impact of Sin
Commentators agree that this verse emphasizes the 'horizontal' impact of our actions. Our wickedness directly harms other people ('a man as you are'), and our righteousness can benefit them. While our choices have eternal significance, their most immediate and tangible effect is on ourselves and the human community around us.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thy wickedness may hurt a Man as thou art - That is, it may injure him, but not God. He is too far exalted above man, and too indep…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your wickedness [may hurt] a man as you [are] But not God: a man may hurt himself by his wickedness; his body, by br…
Elihu reproves Job for justifying himself more than God, and called his attention to the heavens. They are far above us, and God is far above them;…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Eliud had rejected Job's words—because in his estimation Job attributed evil to divine judgment—he now intends to rebuke him for saying that …
