Job 22 · Verse 5

Job 22:5

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Job 22:5, King James Version

Job 22:5 in other translations

BSBIs not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
WEBIsn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
ASVIs not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
YLTIs not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
DARBYIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
BBEIs not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.
WebsterIs not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?

What does Job 22:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Heretofore Eliphaz had only insinuated, now he plainly asserts Job's guilt, merely on the ground of his sufferings.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Is not thy wickedness great? - Thy sins are not only many, but they are great; and of thy continuance in them there is no end, אין קץ ein kets.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:5-14
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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 22:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'¿ notH3808
רָעָֽתְךָ֣ra.'a.te.Kha[is] evil yourH7451
רַבָּ֑הra.BahgreatH7227
וְאֵֽין\־ve.'ein-and not?H369
קֵ֝֗ץKetzan endH7093
לַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ\׃la.'a.vo.no.Tei.kha[belongs] to iniquities yourH5771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 22:5

  • Job 15:5-6

    For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Psalms 40:12

    For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  • Job 21:27

    Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

  • Job 11:14

    If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  • Psalms 19:12

    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

  • Job 4:7-11

    Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. …

  • Job 11:6

    And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

  • Job 15:31-34

    Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

  • Job 32:3

    Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
not thy.
4:7-11; 11:14; 15:5,6,31-34; 21:27; 32:3
thine.
Ps 19:12; 40:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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?

  • Job 22:6

    For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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Job 22:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por cierto tu malicia es grande, y tus maldades no tienen fin.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ta méchanceté n’est-elle pas grande, et tes iniquités ne sont-elles pas sans fin?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ist nicht deine Bosheit groß, und deiner Missetaten kein Ende?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?