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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you and brings judgment against you?

Context of Job 22:4

2“Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him? 3What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless? “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you? 5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless? 6You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them 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 39:11When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.
• Psalms 76:6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie still.
• Psalms 80:16Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
• Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him?
• Job 14:3Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
• Job 16:21on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
• Job 23:6Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
• Job 34:23God has no need to examine people further, that they should come before him for judgment.
• Psalms 130:3If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
• Psalms 143:2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
• Isaiah 3:14The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from 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

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• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Fear
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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