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

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? 4Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? Is 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. 7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

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 4:7Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
• Job 11:14if iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.
• Job 15:5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
• Job 21:27“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
• Job 32:3With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
• Psalms 19:12Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.
• Psalms 40:12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength 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

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