| Job 22:2 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Can a vigorous man be of use to God, Or a wise man be useful to himself? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | "Can a human be of any use to God when even a wise person is only useful to himself?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? |
| ASV: | Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. |
| BBE: | Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself. |
| DBY: | Can a man be profitable to łGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. |
| ERV: | Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. |
| JPS: | Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him? |
| WBS: | Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself? |
| WEB: | "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. |
| YLT: | To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable? |
| Job 22:2 Cross References |
| XREF: | Job 35:7 "If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
Luke 17:10 "So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.'" (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 22:2 Can a man be {a} profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
(a) Though man was just, yet God could not profit from this his justice; and therefore when he punished him, he had no regard to his justice, but to his sin. |
| WES: | 22:2 Can, and c. - Why dost thou insist so much upon thy own righteousness, as if thou didst oblige God by it. |
| MHC: | 22:1-4 Eliphaz considers that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz says, is unjustly applied to Job, but it is very true, that when God does us good it is not because he is indebted to us. Man's piety is no profit to God, no gain. The gains of religion to men are infinitely greater than the losses of it. God is a Sovereign, who gives no account of his conduct; but he is perfectly wise, just, faithful, good, and merciful. He approves the likeness of his own holiness, and delights in the fruits of his Spirit; he accepts the thankful services of the humble believer, while he rejects the proud claim of the self-confident. |
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