Job 22:2 — Meaning and Application

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“Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? {as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?}”

Job 22:2

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? {as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?}

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

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

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Job 22:1

"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"

Job 22:3

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

Job 22:4

"Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?"

Job 22:5

"{Is} not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?"

Job 22:6

"For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. {the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked}"

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