Job 22:5
Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
In Context
4Is it out of fear of thee that he will reproach thee? or go with thee into judgment?
6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Cross References
Job 11:6And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.
Job 15:5For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.
Job 32:2Thereupon 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 had declared himself more righteous than God.
Psalms 19:12(19:13) Who can guard against errors? from secret [faults] do thou cleanse me.
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 →