Job 22:2
Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself.
Leeser Tanakh
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 Themanite, and said,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy own good?
Job 35:6If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
Psalms 16:2[O my soul], thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my happiness is not without thee;
Proverbs 4:7The beginning of wisdom is, Acquire wisdom: and with all thy acquisition acquire understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is better than an inheritance, yea, preferable for those that see the sun;
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 →