Job 22:4
Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
In Context
5Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?
Cross References
Job 9:19If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he,]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
Job 14:3And dost thou fix thine eyes upon such a one? And dost thou bring me into judgment with thee?
Job 19:29Be ye afraid of the sword! For malice is a crime for the sword; That ye may know that judgment cometh.
Job 34:23He needeth not attend long to a man, That he may go into judgment before God;
Psalms 76:6Before thy rebuke, O God of Jacob! Fell chariot and horseman into a deep sleep!
Psalms 130:3If thou, LORD, shouldst treasure up transgressions, 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 →