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Job 22:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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Quick Meaning
Job 22:4 closes the thought unit with the words “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?.” Eliphaz presses the unit's question through “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?”, a line that belongs to Eliphaz Denies that Human Righteousness Benefits God.
Read It With
- Job 22:1–22:4
Read Job 22:4 with 22:1–22:4. Read alone, “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Eliphaz asks whether human wisdom or integrity profits God and implies that divine judgment cannot arise from Job's reverence.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Eliphaz answers or redirects the movement in Job 21:27–21:34: Job says he knows their devices, points to travelers who observe delayed judgment and honored burials, and calls their comfort false. The change of speaker controls how Job 22:1–22:4 must be evaluated. Within that relationship, Job 22:4 closes the thought unit through “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?.”
Read Job 22:1–4 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 22:1–22:4 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Eliphaz Denies that Human Righteousness Benefits God.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 1. 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Verse 2. 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Verse 3. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Verse 4. 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
What Remains True
Eliphaz asks whether human wisdom or integrity profits God and implies that divine judgment cannot arise from Job's reverence. The speech must be tested against evidence, the prose frame, Job's counterevidence, and the closing verdict before it becomes enduring counsel. Job 22:4 carries that bounded truth through “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Test Eliphaz's speech in Job 22:1–22:4 against the narrated evidence, Job's countercase, and the final verdict before repeating it to a person who suffers. Preserve this unit-specific boundary in the action: God's independence does not justify Eliphaz's coming allegations or make human conduct irrelevant to neighbors. The verse-specific evidence to retain is “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?.”
Continue in Context
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Read Job 22:1–22:4 — Eliphaz Denies that Human Righteousness Benefits GodSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 22:1–22:4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 22:1–22:4
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Job
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Job's difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, textual issues, speech boundaries, and alternatives in Job 22:1–22:4.
Exact location: Official NET Job PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Job 22:1–22:4
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