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Job 22:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. "

Job 22:2

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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?

4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?

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Job 22:1

"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,"

Job 22:3

"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?"

Job 22:4

"Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?"

Job 22:5

"Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities."

Job 22:6

"For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing."

Job 22:7

"You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry."

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