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Job 22:4
4Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, That He enters into judgment against you?
Job 22:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
- New International Version (NIV)“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, And enters into judgment with you?
Context of Job 22:4
2“Can a vigorous man be of use to God, Or a wise man be useful to himself? 3Is it any pleasure or joy to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it of benefit to Him that you make your ways perfect? Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, That He enters into judgment against you? 5Is not your wickedness great, And your sins without end? 6For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:4 word by word
הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:4
- Psalms 39:11With rebukes You discipline man for sin; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
- Psalms 76:6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep [of death].
- Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will].
- Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty! And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?
- Job 14:3You also open Your eyes upon him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
- Job 16:21Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me] Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.
- Job 23:6Would He contend against me with His great power? No, surely He would give attention to me.
- Job 34:23For He sets no appointed time for a man, That he should appear before Him in judgment.
- Psalms 130:3If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
- Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every act to judgment, every hidden and secret thing, whether it is good or evil.
- Isaiah 3:14The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, “For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country]; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Commentaries on Job 22:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For fear of thee? - Is it because he is afraid that thou wilt do him some injury, that he has stripped thee of thy power and wealth?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? - Or, rather, will he come into trial, and argue his cause before a tribunal, because he is afraid that his character will suffer, or because he feels himself bound to appear, and answer to the charges which may be brought? The language is all taken from courts of justice, and the object is, to reprove Job as if he felt that it was necessary that God should appear and answer to what he alleged against him. Will he…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Is the punishment inflicted on thee from fear of thee, in order to disarm thee? as Job had implied (see on Job 7:12; Job 7:20; and Job 10:17). will he enter ... into judgment?--Job had desired this (Job 13:3, 21). He ought rather to have spoken as in Psa 143:2.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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