Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
In Context
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commandments of LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Job 35:6If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
Psalms 16:2Thou [my soul] have said to LORD, Thou are my LORD. I have no good beyond thee.
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Luke 17:10Thus ye also, when ye did all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen, because we have done what we are obligated to do.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:2-5
Third Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a… Read the whole commentary →