Job 22:2

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, 1

3For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? 1 Or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way? 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and his ordinances, all that I charge thee today, that it may be well with thee?

Job 35:6If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do? 1 And if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform? 1

Psalms 16:2Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; 1 Let mine eyes behold righteousness. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: 1 And there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun. 1

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 →

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