I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.
Job 22:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is it any pleasure or advantage to the Almighty that you are righteous (upright and in right standing with Him)? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect? [Isa. 62:3; Zech. 2:8; Mal. 3:17; Acts 20:28.] American Standard Version (1901) Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Common English Bible Does the Almighty delight in your innocence? Does he gain when you perfect your ways? Catholic Public Domain Version What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What doth it profit God if thou be just? Or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted? |
I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
“Can a mortal be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?
Is it for your piety that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you?
If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.
I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.