Job 22:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

Job 22:2 Cross References

Job 21:15

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

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?

Job 7:17

What is man, that thou dost make so much of him, and that thou dost set thy mind upon him,

Psalm 16:2

I say to the Lord, “Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee.”

Proverbs 9:12

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

Matthew 5:29

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

Luke 17:10

So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’ ”

Acts 17:25

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

Deuteronomy 10:13

and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I command you this day for your good?