Job 22:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 22:1-30

Job 22:5 f 'There was no shadow of truth in the accusation,' Mark Rutherford observes. 'But what a world that must have been when the Church's anathemas were reserved for him who exacted pledges from his brother, who neglected the famishing, and who paid undue respect to the great!' We require higher tasks because we do not recognize the height of those we have. Trying to be kind and honest seems an affair too simple and too inconsequential for gentlemen of our heroic mould; we had rather set... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 22:1-30

XIX.DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERRORJob 22:1-30ELIPHAZ SPEAKSTHE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say in the way of argument or awful example. It is only Eliphaz who tries to clinch the matter by directly accusing Job of base and cowardly offences. Bildad recites what may be called a short ode, and Zophar, if he speaks at all, simply repeats himself as one determined if possible to have the last word.And... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 22:1-30

The Third Series of Controversies CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1-5 ) 2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6-11 ) 3. The omniscience of God and the ways of the wicked (Job 22:12-20 ) 4. Eliphaz’s exhortation and promise (Job 22:21-30 ) Job 22:1-5 . The third cycle of addresses begins again with Eliphaz, the wise man from Teman. He tries to maintain his dignity and lofty conception, but he proves too well that Job’s accusation of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 22:2

22:2 Can a man be {a} profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?(a) Though man was just, yet God could not profit from this his justice; and therefore when he punished him, he had no regard to his justice, but to his sin. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 22:1-30

JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well worth considering, "Can a man be profitable to God, though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?" (v.2). Certainly it is folly for anyone to think that he is doing God a favour by his righteousness, for to be perfectly right is nothing more than he should be. But in Eliphaz speaking to Job, this... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 22:1-30

THIRD SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 22-24) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 22) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 23-24) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 25-26) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 25) b. Reply of Job (chap. 26) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 27-31) a. Continuation of the reply of Job (chaps. 27-31) The last speech Eliphaz makes, chapter 22, is a grand effort to refute Job based upon the latter’s appeal to facts. There is more severity in it than he has shown before. He charges Job with cruelty,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 22:1-30

The Last Speech of Eliphaz Job 22:0 There are two interpretations of Scripture. One is the critical and literal, dealing searchingly and usefully with the grammar of the text, seeking to know exactly what each speaker and each writer meant at the very time of his utterance and at the very time of his authorship. That must always be a work of high utility. We cannot, indeed, proceed legitimately until we have settled the grammar of the text. But we should not rest there. There is a second... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 22:1-4

(1) ¶ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, (2) Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? (3) Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? (4) Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? Nothing can be more true than this; though, in respect to Job, it is most falsely applied. How can man be profitable to GOD? is a question which never can... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 22:2

Knowledge. How then canst thou dispute with God? read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 22:1-4

1-4 Eliphaz considers that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz says, is unjustly applied to Job, but it is very true, that when God does us good it is not because he is indebted to us. Man's piety is no profit to God, no gain. The gains of religion to men are infinitely greater than the losses of it. God is a Sovereign, who gives no account of his conduct; but he is perfectly wise, just,... read more