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

2“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable? 3Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless? Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? 5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity? 6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

Job 22:4 word by word

הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Will he reproveיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• thee for fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• of thee? will he enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• with thee into judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Job 22:4

• Psalms 39:11You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
• Psalms 76:6At the sound of your battle cry, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse “fell asleep.”
• Psalms 80:16It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.
• Revelation 3:19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
• Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’
• Job 14:3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
• Job 16:21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
• Job 23:6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
• Job 34:23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.
• Psalms 130:3If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
• Psalms 143:2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
• Isaiah 3:14The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, “It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

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