King James Version
Job 22:3 in the King James Version says “Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?”
Job 22:3 · KJV
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? as he: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Is it any pleasure”
H2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that thou art righteous”
H6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“perfect”
H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
“to him that thou makest thy ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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