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Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
Job 22:3 · World English Bible
Job 22:3 in other translations
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
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In context
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
5 Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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