Job 22:5
Is not thy rah great? 1 And thine avonot infinite? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
In Context
4Is it for thy yireh [Elohim] that He reproves thee? 1 Will He enter with thee into mishpat? 1
Cross References
Job 11:6And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, 1 that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! 1 Have da'as therefore that Eloah forgetteth 1 much of thy avon. 1
Job 15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine avon, 1 and thou choosest the leshon arumim (tongue of the crafty). 1
Job 21:27Behold, I know your machshevot, 1 and the stratagems which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 1
Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu ben Barakhel the Buzi, of the mishpochah Ram; against Iyov was his wrath kindled, because Iyov justified his nefesh rather than Elohim.
Psalms 19:12Moreover by them is Thy eved warned; 1 and in being shomer over them there is great reward. 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 →