Job 22:2
Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 Themanite answered, and said:
3What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13And keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee?
Job 35:6If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
Psalms 16:2I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
Proverbs 4:7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
Luke 17:10I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought 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 →