Job 22:2-3, 12 | JFB | STEP | 2. as he that is wise-- rather, yea the pious man profiteth himself. So "understanding" or "wise"--pious ( , ; ) [Michaelis].

‏ Job 22:2-3

2. as he that is wise--rather, yea the pious man profiteth himself. So "understanding" or "wise"--pious (Da 12:3, 10; Psa 14:2) [Michaelis].

3. pleasure--accession of happiness; God has pleasure in man's righteousness (Psa 45:7), but He is not dependent on man's character for His happiness.

‏ Job 22:12

12. Eliphaz says this to prove that God can from His height behold all things; gratuitously inferring that Job denied it, because he denied that the wicked are punished here.

height--Hebrew, "head of the stars"; that is, "elevation" (Job 11:8).