Job 22:2
Job chapter 22 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
Context
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?