Christian Standard Bible
Job 22:4
4Does he correct you and take you to court because of your piety?
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
2Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to him? 3Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does he profit if you perfect your behavior? Does he correct you and take you to court because of your piety? 5Isn’t your wickedness abundant and aren’t your iniquities endless? 6For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:4 word by word
הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:4
- Psalms 39:11You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; yes, every human being is only a vapor.Selah
- Psalms 76:6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse lay still.
- Psalms 80:16It was cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.
- Job 7:12Am I the sea or a sea monster, that you keep me under guard?
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
- Job 14:3Do you really take notice of one like this? Will you bring me into judgment against you?
- Job 16:21I wish that someone might argue for a man with God just as anyone would for a friend.
- Job 23:6Would he prosecute me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
- Job 34:23God does not need to examine a person further, that one should approach him in court.
- Psalms 130:3Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
- Psalms 143:2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in your sight.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Isaiah 3:14The Lord brings this charge against the elders and leaders of his people: “You have devastated the vineyard. The plunder from 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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