Job 22:5

Is not your wickedness great? 1 Is there no end to your iniquities? 1

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In The King James Version

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

In Context

4Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you 1 and takes you to judgment? 1

6For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, 1 and you have stripped away clothing from the naked. 1

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Cross References

Job 11:6that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! 1 For he is great in understanding. 1 Know then that God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves. 1

Job 15:5for your iniquity teaches your mouth; 1 you choose to have the tongue of a crafty man. 1

Job 21:27See, I know your thoughts, 1 and the ways in which you wish to wrong me. 1

Job 32:2Then was kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; it was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.

Psalms 19:12Who can discern all his own errors? 1 Cleanse me from hidden faults. 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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