Job 22:3

Is it of any special benefit ¹  to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless? ² 

1Ch 29:17; Job 23:10-12; Ps 39:1; Ps 119:3-6,59; Ps 147:10,11; Pr 11:1,20; Pr 12:22; Pr 15:8; Mal 2:17; Ac 24:16; 2Co 7:1; Php 4:18

¹ tn The word חֵפֶץ (khefets) in this passage has the nuance of “special benefit; favor.” It does not just express the desire for something or the interest in it, but the profit one derives from it.

² tn The verb תַתֵּם (tattem) is the Hiphil imperfect of תָּמַם (tamam, “be complete, finished”), following the Aramaic form of the geminate verb with a doubling of the first letter.