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Job 22:2 KJV
Job · chapter 22 · verse 2
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?Job 22:2 · King James Version
Job 22:2 in context
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- profitableçâkanto be familiar withH5532 →
- wisesâkalto be circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
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Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a strained innuendo. Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz says here is therefore unjustly applied to Job, but in itself it is very true and good, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4