Job 22:5

Job 22:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
• New International Version (NIV)Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?

Context of Job 22:5

3If you are a righteous person, it does nothing to help Almighty God. If you live a completely good life, it still does not help him. 4It is not because you respect and obey God that he punishes you. It is not because you are a good person that he accuses you. No! It is because you are a very wicked person. You have done too many evil things for anyone to count them. That is why he is punishing you. 6You took things from your friends when you lent money to them. You had no reason to do that. You even took away the only clothes that poor people were wearing. 7When you met people who were weak and tired, you did not give them any water to drink. You refused to feed hungry people.

Job 22:5 word by word

הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• not thy wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• and thine iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• infiniteקֵץqêts · endH7093

Cross-references for Job 22:5

• Job 4:7Think about this: People who are not guilty of sin do not suddenly die. God does not destroy people who do good things.
• Job 11:14If you want to do an evil thing, stop yourself from doing it. Do not let people do wrong things in your home.
• Job 15:5It is your sin that causes you to speak like that. You try to say clever things that will deceive people.
• Job 21:27I know what you are thinking. You want to show that I am guilty.
• Job 32:3Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends. They had not been able to find an answer to Job's problem. But they still said that Job was guilty.
• Psalms 19:12Nobody realizes every time they do something wrong. Please forgive me for the sins that I do not know about.
• Psalms 40:12There are many dangerous troubles all around me. They are too many to count! My sins are too strong for me. They are more than all the hairs on my head! So I am weak and I cannot see clearly.

Commentaries on Job 22:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Is not thy wickedness great? - Thy sins are not only many, but they are great; and of thy continuance in them there is no end, קץ אין ein kets .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Is not thy wickedness great? - That is, “Is it not utter presumption and folly for a man, whose wickedness is undoubtedly so great, to presume to enter into a litigation with God?” Eliphaz here “assumes” it as an undeniable proposition, that Job was a great sinner. This charge had not been directly made before. He and his friends had argued evidently on that supposition, and had maintained that one who was a great sinner would be punished in this life for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Heretofore Eliphaz had only insinuated, now he plainly asserts Job's guilt, merely on the ground of his sufferings.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:5

• Man
• Sin
• Wicked (People)
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• End
• Infinite; Infinitude
• Job, Book of
• Eliphaz

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