Job 22:5

Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

In Context

4Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

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Cross References

Job 11:6And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

Job 15:5For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Job 21:27See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

Job 32:2And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

Psalms 19:12\19:11\By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

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 →

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