Job 22:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

Bible in Basic English ☆

Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

Darby Translation ☆

Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?

Noyes Bible ☆

Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?

King James Version ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God, As he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

Majority Standard BIble ☆

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

Webster Bible ☆

Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

Revised Version ☆

Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

World English Bible ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World English Bible Classic ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World English Bible Updated ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World Messianic Bible ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Can a gever be profitable unto El, as he that has seichel may be profitable unto himself?

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

«هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ!

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

လူသည် မိမိပညာအားဖြင့် မိမိအကျိုးကို ပြုစုသကဲ့သို့ ဘုရားသခင်၌ ကျေးဇူးပြုနိုင်သလော။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လူ သည် မိမိပညာ အားဖြင့်မိမိ အကျိုး ကို ပြုစုသကဲ့သို့ဘုရား သခင်၌ ကျေးဇူး ပြုနိုင်သလော။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

palungha kami loe angmah han ih ni atho oh, kami loe Sithaw han amekhaih oh maw?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Pathen te hlang loh s hmaiben a? Lungming khaw amah la dawk a hmaiben uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Pathen te hlang loh s hmaiben a?Lungming khaw amah la dawk a hmaiben uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

人岂能使 神有益呢？ 智慧人但能有益于己。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

人豈能使上帝有益呢？ 智慧人但能有益於己。

World Chinese Bible ☆

“人岂能使上帝得益处呢？ 智慧人不过使自己得益处。

Croatian Bible ☆

“Zar Bogu koristan može biti čovjek? TÓa tko je mudar, sebi samom koristi.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Zdaliž Bohu silnému co prospěšný býti může člověk, když sobě nejmoudřeji počíná?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

“Gavner et Menneske Gud? Nej, den kloge gavner sig selv.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zal ook een man Gode voordelig zijn? Maar voor zichzelven zal de verstandige voordelig zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Handelt de mens soms ten bate van God? Neen, ten eigen bate is men wijs.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉu Dion povas instrui homo? Ĉu povas Lin instrui eĉ saĝulo?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

L’homme peut-il être de quelque profit à ✶Dieu ? C’est bien à lui-même que l’homme intelligent profitera.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

L'homme est-il utile à Dieu?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Un homme peut-il être utile à Dieu? Non; le sage n’est utile qu’à lui-même.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

« Un homme peut-il être utile à Dieu ? Certes, l'homme sage n'est utile qu'à lui-même.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Kann ein Mann Gott Nutzen bringen? Vielmehr sich selbst nützt der Einsichtige.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Kann denn ein Mann Gottes etwas nützen? Nur sich selber nützt ein Kluger.

German Textbibel ☆

Kommt etwa Gotte zu gut des Menschen Thun? Nein, nur sich selber nützt der Fromme!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Mag auch ein Mann Gott etwas nützen? Es nützt ja der Verständige nur sich selbst.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

-Eske yon moun ka itil Bondye? Non! Ata moun ki gen bon konprann yo, se tèt yo ase yo itil.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E hiki anei i ke kanaka, ke hoopomaikai i ke Akua, E like me ka mea naauao, e hoopomaikai ia ia iho?

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימֹו מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

הלאל יסכן גבר כי יסכן עלימו משכיל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

L'uomo può egli fare alcun profitto a Dio ? Anzi a sè stesso fa profitto l'uomo intendente.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

“Può l’uomo recar qualche vantaggio a Dio? No; il savio non reca vantaggio che a sé stesso.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

人は神に益をもたらすだろうか。 知恵ある者が益をもたらすのは、自分自身にすぎない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

사람이 어찌 하나님께 유익하게 하겠느냐 ? 지혜로운 자도 스스로 유익할 따름이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

“Ku oasr sie mwet, finne mwet ma lalmwetmet emeet uh, Su oasr sripa nu sin God?

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

«آیا مرد به خدا فایده برساند؟ البته مرد دانا برای خویشتن مفید است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

“Pode um homem ser útil a Deus? Certamente aquele que é sábio é útil a si mesmo.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por acaso o homem será de algum proveito a Deus? Pode ele se beneficiar de algum sábio?

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Poate un om să fie de folos lui Dumnezeu, așa cum cel ce este înțelept își este de folos lui însuși?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

„Поате ун ом сэ адукэ вреун фолос луй Думнезеу? Ну, чи ынцелептул ну-шь фолосеште декыт луй.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

разве может человек доставлять пользу Богу? Разумный доставляет пользу себе самому.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Može li Bogu biti čovek koristan? Sam je sebi koristan čovek mudar.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Може ли Богу бити човек користан? Сам је себи користан човек мудар.

Mashi Bible ☆

K’omuntu ankahash’ibà wa bunguke kuli Nyamuzinda? Nanga, omuntu mwîrhonzi abà wa bunguke kuli ye yênene.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿Traerá el hombre provecho á Dios, porque el sabio sea provechoso á sí mismo?

Spanish BLL ☆

“¿Puede un hombre serle de alguna utilidad a Dios? ¡Al contrario, el sabio solo se beneficia a sí mismo!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

“¿Será el hombre de provecho a Dios? Ciertamente el sabio solo para sí mismo es provechoso.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

¿Es posible que un hombre sea provechoso para Dios? No, porque la sabiduría de un hombre sólo es provechosa para sí mismo.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Puede el hombre dar provecho a ʼElohim? ¿Puede el hombre vigoroso serle útil?

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Revised West Version ☆

‘ʻE faʻa ʻaonga ʻae tangata ki he ʻOtua,’ ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻaonga ʻaia ʻoku poto kiate ia pe?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Чи вже ж може людина доставляти Богу користь? Мудрий самому собі добра запобігає.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Чи вже ж може людина доставляти Богу користь? Мудрий самому собі добра запобігає.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Loài người có ích lợi chi cho Đức Chúa Trời chăng? Người khôn ngoan chỉ ích lợi cho chính mình mình mà thôi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃