Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it any gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself.
4Is it out of fear of thee that he will reproach thee? or go with thee into judgment?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.
Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
Psalms 39:1“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” (39:2) I said, I will guard my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 119:59I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies.
Proverbs 9:12If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”
Proverbs 11:20An abomination of the Lord are those of a perverse heart; but his favor is for those who are unblemished in their way.
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 →