King James Version
Read in contextThy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Thy wickedness `may hurt' a man as thou art; And thy righteousness `may profit' a son of man.
For a man like thyself `is' thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.