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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