Job 22:1

Job 22:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
• New International Version (NIV)Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

Context of Job 22:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2“Can a person do anything to help God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him? 3Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?

Job 22:1 word by word

וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Eliphazאֱלִיפַז'ĕlîyphaz · EliphazH464
• the Temaniteתֵּימָנִיtêymânîy · TemaniteH8489
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Job 22:1

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Eliphaz shows that a man's goodness profits not God. (1-4) Job accused of oppression. (5-14) The world before the flood. (15-20) Eliphaz exhorts Job to repentance. (21-30) Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1In this third round of speeches, Job's friends plainly accuse him of being evil and sharing the fate of those who do evil.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-30THIRD SERIES. 1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness does not add to, or man's badness take from, the happiness of God; therefore it cannot be that God sends prosperity to some and calamities on others for His own advantage; the cause of the goods and ills sent must lie in the men themselves (Psa 16:2; Lu 17:10; Ac 17:25; 1Ch 29:14). So Job's calamities must arise from guilt. Eliphaz, instead of meeting the facts, tries to show that it could not be so.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Temanite
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings