Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
ASV Byzantine Text
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 answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Job 35:6If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Psalms 16:2O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
Luke 17:10Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; for we have done that which it was our duty 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 →