Job 22:4
Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you 1 and takes you to judgment? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
In Context
5Is not your wickedness great? 1 Is there no end to your iniquities? 1
Cross References
Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! 1 If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him? 1
Job 14:3Do you look at any of these? 1 Do you bring me into judgment with you? 1
Job 19:29then be afraid of the sword, 1 because wrath brings the punishment of the sword, 1 so that you may know there is a judgment.”
Job 34:23For God does not need to examine a person further; 1 there is no need for any person to go before him in judgment. 1
Psalms 76:6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, 1 both rider and horse fell asleep. 1
Psalms 130:3If you, Yahweh, would mark iniquities, 1 Lord, 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 →