Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
KJV
Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ ?
Vulgate
Πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;
LXX
Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
ASV
הַ/לְ/אֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣י/מוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
יִסְכָּן
yskn
verb · 12×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:16 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
- 1Tim 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
- Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Job 21:15 — What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- Job 35:6 — If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
- Job 35:7 — If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
- Job 41:11 — Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- Luke 17:10 — So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
- Luke 17:10 — So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
- Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Prov 3:13 — Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
- Prov 9:12 — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Ps 16:2 — O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Ps 16:2 — O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Titus 3:8 — This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto