Job 22:3 - 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? 更多版本King 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? 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? English Standard Version 2016 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? |
I know, my God, that you test hearts, and that you love simplicity. Therefore, in the simplicity of my heart, I also have offered all these things joyfully. And I have seen, with immense gladness, your people, who have been found here, offering their donations to you.
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?"
Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.
A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicity.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. But whoever acts faithfully pleases him.
The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.
If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil.
You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said, "In what way, have we wearied him?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such as these please him," or certainly, "Where is the God of judgment?"
And in this, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is lacking in any offence toward God and toward men.
Therefore, having these promises, most beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.
But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.