Job 22:4

Job 22:4

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2 “Can^a a man be profitable to God,
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?

4 “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?

5 Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?

6 For you have ^ataken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you ^ahave withheld bread from the hungry.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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, Job 13:21). He ought rather to have spoken as in Psalms 143:2.

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