Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Updated King James Version
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,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
Job 35:6If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you unto him?
Psalms 16:2O my soul, you have said unto the LORD, You are my Lord: my goodness extends not to you;
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Luke 17:10So likewise all of you, when all of you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are useless servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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 →