Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
In Context
4Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Cross References
Job 11:6And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 15:5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Psalms 19:12Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults].
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 →