Job 22:3
Verse 3 of 30. The 22nd of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
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?
5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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Job 22:3 in the World English Bible
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Matthew Henry on Job 22:3
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,
Read Matthew Henry on Job 22:1–4: Third Address of Eliphaz. (b. c. 1520.)
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.