Job 22:2

Job chapter 22 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Context

v.1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

v.2This passage

v.3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gainto him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:11

    Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

  • Luke 17:10

    Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.

  • Proverbs 3:13

    Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Deuteronomy 10:13

    to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

  • Matthew 5:29

    And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

  • Job 35:6

    If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?