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Eliphaz Answers

22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

“Can anyone ·be of real use to [benefit] God?
    Can even a ·wise [skilled] person ·do him good [benefit him]?
Does it ·help [delight; give pleasure to] ·the Almighty [Shaddai] for you to be ·good [righteous]?
    ·Does he gain anything [What profit is it to him] if you are ·innocent [blameless]?

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Eliphaz

22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

“Can a man be of benefit to God?(B)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?(C)
What pleasure(D) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(E)
    What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(F)

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22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

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

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

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