Job 22:3

הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם ־ בֶּצַע כִּֽי ־ תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

In Context

2הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן ־ גָּבֶר כִּֽי ־ יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל ׃

4הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט ׃

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17וְיָדַעְתִּי אֱלֹהַי כִּי אַתָּה בֹּחֵן לֵבָב וּמֵישָׁרִים תִּרְצֶה אֲנִי בְּיֹשֶׁר לְבָבִי הִתְנַדַּבְתִּי כָל ־ אֵלֶּה וְעַתָּה עַמְּךָ הַנִּמְצְאוּ ־ פֹה רָאִיתִי בְשִׂמְחָה לְהִֽתְנַדֶּב ־ לָֽךְ ׃

Job 23:10כִּֽי ־ יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵֽא ׃

Psalms 39:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ לידיתון מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃

Psalms 119:59חִשַּׁבְתִּי דְרָכָי וָאָשִׁיבָה רַגְלַי אֶל ־ עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ ׃

Proverbs 9:12אִם ־ חָכַמְתָּ חָכַמְתָּ לָּךְ וְלַצְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ תִשָּֽׂא ׃

Proverbs 11:20תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה עִקְּשֵׁי ־ לֵב וּרְצוֹנוֹ תְּמִימֵי דָֽרֶךְ ׃

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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