Tree of Life Version
Job 22:5
5Is not your wickedness great, and is there no end to your iniquity?
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
3What pleasure is it to Shaddai if you are righteous? Or what gain if your ways are blameless? 4Is it because of your reverence that He corrects you and He brings judgment against you? Is not your wickedness great, and is there no end to your iniquity? 6For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing. 7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withhold bread,
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הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:5
- Job 4:7Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed?
- Job 11:14if you put away the wickedness that is in your hand, and allow no iniquity to abide in your tent,
- Job 15:5For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, the schemes by which you wrong me.
- Job 32:3He was also angry with his three friends because they had not found an answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Psalms 19:12Moreover by them Your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Psalms 40:12Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect 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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