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Job 22:4
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses Job with a rhetorical question during a discourse on divine accountability. The passage frames God’s rebuke and judgment as unrelated to human piety.
The words — יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ (yo.khi.Che./kha) translates literally as “does he reprove you,” while יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּ/ךָ֗ בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט (ya.Vo' 'i.me./kha ba./mish.Pat) means “does he go with you in judgment.”
The thread — This interrogation of divine scrutiny appears in Job 14:3, where the text asks if God opens His eyes and brings one into judgment, and Psalms 143:2, where the plea is not to be brought into judgment. Isaiah 3:14 shows the LORD bringing a charge against the elders and leaders of His people.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to separate human merit from divine action. It demands acknowledging that God’s judgment operates independently of human reverence or righteousness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Cross-references
- Job 14:3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
- Psalms 143:2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
- Isaiah 3:14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Job 7:12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
- Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Job 9:32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
- Job 16:21 Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
- Job 19:29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
- Job 23:6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.