Can a man be of any use to God?
Can even a wise man be of use to Him?
Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?(A)

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

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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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If you are righteous, what do you give Him,
or what does He receive from your hand?(A)

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If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(A)
    or what does he receive(B) from your hand?(C)

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If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

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30 And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness.(A) In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)

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30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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35 Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?(A)[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:35 Jb 41:11; Is 40:13; Jr 23:18

35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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