English Standard Version
Job 22:5
5Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities.
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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?
- New Living Translation (NLT)No, it’s because of your wickedness! There’s no limit to your sins.
Context of Job 22:5
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? 4Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you? Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities. 6For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:5
- Job 4:7"Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
- Job 11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
- Job 15:5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 21:27"Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.
- Job 32:3He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
- Psalms 19:12Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
- Psalms 40:12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
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
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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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