Job 22:2
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
- KJV
- Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
- WEB
- “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
- ASV
- Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
- DARBY
- Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
- BLB
- “Can a man be useful to God? Can even a wise one benefit Him?
- ÅB
- Kan vel en mann være til gagn for Gud? Nei, bare seg selv gagner den forstandige.
- OTB
- “Kan et menneske være til nytte for Gud?
Kan en klok person være til nytte for seg selv? - B1930
- Kan vel en mann være til gagn for Gud? Nei, bare sig selv gagner den forstandige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 17:10
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Read in contextGalatians 6:7–8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Read in contextJob 35:6–8
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
Read in contextPsalms 16:2
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
Read in contextProverbs 3:13–18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Read in contextJob 21:15
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Read in contextProverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Read in contextMatthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
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