Job 22:4

Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? 1 And will he enter into judgment with thee? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

In Context

3For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? 1 Or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way? 1

5Is not thy wickedness abundant, 1 And thy sins innumerable? 1

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Cross References

Job 9:19For indeed he is strong in power: 1 Who then shall resist his judgment? 1

Job 14:3Hast thou not taken account even of him, 1 And caused him to enter into judgment before thee? 1

Job 19:29Do ye also beware of deceit: 1 For wrath will come upon transgressors; 1 And then shall they know where their substance is.

Job 34:23For he will not lay upon a man more than right. 1

Psalms 76:6I considered the days of old, 1 And remembered ancient years. 1

Psalms 130:3Let Israel hope in the Lord, 1 From henceforth and forever.

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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