Job 22:4
Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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? And are not thine iniquities without end?
Cross References
Job 9:19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
Job 14:3And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
Job 19:29Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 34:23For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
Psalms 76:6(76-7) At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.
Psalms 130:3If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark 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 →