Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
4Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto you.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalms 39:1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies.
Proverbs 9:12If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
Proverbs 11:20They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
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 →