Job 22:2
Can a gever be profitable unto El, 1 as he that has seichel may be profitable unto himself? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 of Teman answered and said, 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13To be shomer over the mitzvot Hashem, and His chukkot, which I command thee today for thy good.
Job 35:6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? 1 Or if thy peysha'im be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him? 1
Psalms 16:2I said unto Hashem, Thou art Adonoi of me; 1 besides Thee I have no good. 1
Proverbs 4:7Chochmah is the principal thing; 1 therefore get chochmah, and with all thy getting get binah (understanding). 1
Ecclesiastes 7:11Chochmah is good with a nachalah (inheritance); and by it there is an advantage to them that see the shemesh.
Luke 17:10So also you, when you do all these things which are given you as mitzvot, say, We are useless avadim, we only did our chiyuv.
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 →