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Job 35:6

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

KJV

Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis ? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum ?

Vulgate

εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;

LXX

If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

ASV

אִם חָ֭טָאתָ מַה תִּפְעָל בּ֑/וֹ וְ/רַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗י/ךָ מַה תַּעֲשֶׂה לּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
י
y
noun · 93×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
רַבּ֖וּ
rbv
verb · 13×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
  • Jer 7:19 — Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
  • Jer 7:19 — Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
  • Job 22:2 — Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
  • Luke 17:10 — So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
  • Prov 8:36 — But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.