Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness abundant, 1 And thy sins innumerable? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
In Context
4Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? 1 And will he enter into judgment with thee? 1
Cross References
Job 11:6Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; 1 For it shall be double of that which is with thee: 1 And then shalt thou know, that a just recompense of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord. 1
Job 15:5Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, 1 Neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty. 1
Job 21:27So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me: 1
Job 32:2Then Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, 1 Of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Uz, was angered: 1 And he was very angry with Job, 1 Because he justified himself before the Lord. 1
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 →