New Living Translation
Job 22:4
4Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you and brings judgment against you?
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“Can a person do anything to help God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him? 3Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect? Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you and brings judgment against you? 5No, it’s because of your wickedness! There’s no limit to your sins. 6“For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:4 word by word
הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:4
- Psalms 39:11When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
- Psalms 76:6At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still.
- Psalms 80:16For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
- Revelation 3:19I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
- Job 7:12Am I a sea monster or a dragon that you must place me under guard?
- Job 9:19If it’s a question of strength, he’s the strong one. If it’s a matter of justice, who dares to summon him to court?
- Job 14:3Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature and demand an accounting from me?
- Job 16:21I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.
- Job 23:6Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would give me a fair hearing.
- Job 34:23We don’t set the time when we will come before God in judgment.
- Psalms 130:3Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?
- Psalms 143:2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.
- Isaiah 3:14The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment on the elders and rulers of his people: “You have ruined Israel, my vineyard. Your houses are filled with things 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
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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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