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.

Asang Khongca Bible

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

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?

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

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.

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.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

Kosraean Bible

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

World Portuguese Bible

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

Romanian BTF Bible

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

Brenton English Septuagint

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

Burmese Common Language Bible

လူသည် မိမိပညာအားဖြင့် မိမိအကျိုးကို ပြုစုသကဲ့သို့ ဘုရားသခင်၌ ကျေးဇူးပြုနိုင်သလော။

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

Italian Diodati Bible

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

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.

Danish Bible 1931

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

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?

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

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

French Ostervald Bible

L'homme est-il utile à Dieu?

Esperanto Bible

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

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?

SEPTUAGINTA

πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;

Brenton Septuagint

Πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

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

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

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

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימֹו מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

הלאל יסכן גבר כי יסכן עלימו משכיל׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

«هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ!

Old Persion Version Bible

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

Judson Burmese Bible

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

Korean Bible 1910

사람이 어찌 하나님께 유익하게 하겠느냐 ? 지혜로운 자도 스스로 유익할 따름이니라

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。

World Chinese Bible

“人岂能使上帝得益处呢？ 智慧人不过使自己得益处。

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。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

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

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Mashi Bible

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

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

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

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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.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

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

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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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