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

any pleasure

1 Chronicles 29:17 I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.

Psalm 147:10,11 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man. . . .

Proverbs 11:1,20 Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom. . . .

Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully, please him.

Proverbs 15:8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?

Philippians 4:18 But I have all and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things you sent, an odour of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

thou makest

Job 23:10-12 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: . . .

Psalm 39:1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. [2] I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

Psalm 119:3-6,59 For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways. . . .

Acts 24:16 And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence, towards God and towards men.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
2Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge? 3What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?4Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:…
Cross References
Job 22:2
Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

Job 22:4
Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:

Job 35:7
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

Lexicon
Does it delight
הַחֵ֣פֶץ (ha·ḥê·p̄eṣ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter

the Almighty
לְ֭שַׁדַּי (lə·šad·day)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7706: The Almighty

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you are righteous?
תִצְדָּ֑ק (ṯiṣ·dāq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6663: To be just or righteous

Does He profit
בֶּ֝֗צַע (be·ṣa‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1215: Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit

if
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

your ways
דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ (də·rā·ḵe·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

are blameless?
תַתֵּ֥ם (ṯat·têm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8552: To be complete or finished


Additional Translations
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 is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?

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

For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?

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

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

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

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

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