Job 22:4
Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
In Context
5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
Cross References
Job 9:19If of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, who will summon me?
Job 14:3And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?
Job 19:29be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath [brings] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 34:23For he needs no further to consider a man, that he should go before God in judgment.
Psalms 76:6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
Psalms 130:3If thou, LORD, should note iniquities, O LORD, who could stand?
Matthew Henry on Job 22:2-5
Third Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a… Read the whole commentary →