Job 22:2
הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן ־ גָּבֶר כִּֽי ־ יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
In Context
1וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃
3הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם ־ בֶּצַע כִּֽי ־ תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13לִשְׁמֹר אֶת ־ מִצְוֺת יְהוָה וְאֶת ־ חֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לְטוֹב לָֽךְ ׃
Job 35:6אִם ־ חָטָאתָ מַה ־ תִּפְעָל ־ בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה ־ תַּעֲשֶׂה ־ לּֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 16:2אָמַרְתְּ לַֽיהוָה אֲדֹנָי אָתָּה טוֹבָתִי בַּל ־ עָלֶֽיךָ ׃
Proverbs 4:7רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל ־ קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָֽה ׃
Ecclesiastes 7:11טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִֽם ־ נַחֲלָה וְיֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
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 →