Job 22:4

Is it for thy yireh [Elohim] that He reproves thee? 1 Will He enter with thee into mishpat? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that thou art tzaddik? 1 Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless? 1

5Is not thy rah great? 1 And thine avonot infinite? 1

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Cross References

Job 9:19If I speak of ko'ach, hinei, He is mighty, 1 and if of mishpat, who can give Him a court summons? 1

Job 14:3And doth Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, 1 and bringest me into mishpat with Thee? 1

Job 19:29Be ye afraid of the cherev; 1 for wrath bringeth the avonot (punishments) of the cherev, 1 that ye may know there is a judgment.

Job 34:23For He does not need to consider an ish further 1 for anyone to go before El in mishpat (judgment). 1

Psalms 76:6The stouthearted are plundered; 1 now their last sleep they sleep; 1 and none of the anshei chayil can find their hands. 1

Psalms 130:3If Thou, Hashem, shouldest record iniquities, 1 Adonoi, who could stand? 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 →

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