3What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?


In Context

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2 "Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him?

3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?

4 "Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?

5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?

Job 22:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:3[Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:3What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him , that thou makest thy ways perfect?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?