Job 22:4

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 profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. 3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect? Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? 5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end? 6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

Job 22:4 word by word

הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear

• fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Job 22:4

• Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
• Psalms 76:6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
• Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
• Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
• Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
• Job 9:19Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
• Job 14:3Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
• Job 16:21Oh that there were arbitration for a man with God, as a son of man for his friend!
• Job 23:6Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
• Job 34:23For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.
• Psalms 130:3If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?
• Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
• Isaiah 3:14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil 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

Topics related to Job 22:4

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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