Job 22 · Verse 4

Job 22:4

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Job 22:4, King James Version

Job 22:4 in other translations

BSBIs it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
WEBIs it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
ASVIs it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
YLTBecause of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
DARBYWill he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
BBEIs it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?
WebsterWill he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

What does Job 22:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 For 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:1-4

Eliphaz considers that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz says, is unjustly applied to Job, but it is very true, that when God does us good it is not because he is indebted to us. Man's piety is no profit to God, no gain. The gains of religion to men are infinitely greater than the losses of it. God is a…

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Job 22:4 in the original Hebrew

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הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָha.mi.yir.'A.te.kha¿ from fear yourH3374
יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָyo.khi.Che.khadoes he reprove youH3198
יָב֥וֹאya.Vo'does he go?H935
עִ֝מְּךָ֗'i.me.khawith youH5973
בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט\׃ba.mish.Patin <the> judgmentH4941

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Cross references for Job 22:4

  • Job 14:3

    And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • Psalms 143:2

    And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  • Isaiah 3:14-15

    The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Psalms 39:11

    When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  • Job 34:23

    For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • Psalms 80:16

    It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:19

    If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

  • Psalms 76:6

    At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

  • Job 19:29

    Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

  • Psalms 130:3-4

    If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
reprove.
Ps 39:11; 76:6; 80:16; Re 3:19
for fear.
7:12
will he enter.
9:19,32; 14:3; 16:21; 23:6,7; 34:23; Ps 130:3,4; 143:2; Ec 12:14
Isa 3:14,15

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Context

  • Job 22:3

    Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

  • Job 22:4

    Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

  • Job 22:5

    Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

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Job 22:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Castigaráte acaso, ó vendrá contigo á juicio porque te teme?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Contestera-t-il avec toi parce qu’il te craint, et ira-t-il avec toi en jugement?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ist es wegen deiner Gottesfurcht, daß er dich straft, mit dir ins Gericht geht?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,