Job 22:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² “Can a mortal be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Can a man be profitable unto God, As he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he that is wise is profitable to himself. [Ps. 16:2; Luke 17:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Common English Bible

² Can a human being be useful to God? Can an intelligent person bring profit?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?

Job 22:2 Cross References

Luke 17:10

So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!’ ”

Psalm 16:2

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

Job 21:15

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

Deuteronomy 10:13

and to keep the commandments of the Lord and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being.

Acts 17:25

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.

Job 7:17

What are humans, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them,

Job 22:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Job 22:3

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?