
Text -- Job 22:5 (NET)




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Wesley -> Job 22:5
Wesley: Job 22:5 - -- Is not thy evil, thy affliction, are not thy calamities procured by, and proportionable to thy sins.
Is not thy evil, thy affliction, are not thy calamities procured by, and proportionable to thy sins.
JFB -> Job 22:5
JFB: Job 22:5 - -- Heretofore Eliphaz had only insinuated, now he plainly asserts Job's guilt, merely on the ground of his sufferings.
Heretofore Eliphaz had only insinuated, now he plainly asserts Job's guilt, merely on the ground of his sufferings.
Clarke -> Job 22:5
Clarke: Job 22:5 - -- 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...
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,
Defender -> Job 22:5
Defender: Job 22:5 - -- In his third discourse, Eliphaz becomes desperate, accusing Job of many specific sins, for which he has no evidence whatever except Job's sufferings. ...
In his third discourse, Eliphaz becomes desperate, accusing Job of many specific sins, for which he has no evidence whatever except Job's sufferings. Probably he is beginning to realize that he himself might someday be called on to suffer in like manner, if, indeed, suffering is not necessarily punishment for sin, as Job has been contending."
TSK -> Job 22:5
TSK: Job 22:5 - -- not thy : Job 4:7-11, Job 11:14, Job 15:5, Job 15:6, Job 15:31-34, Job 21:27, Job 32:3
thine : Psa 19:12, Psa 40:12
not thy : Job 4:7-11, Job 11:14, Job 15:5, Job 15:6, Job 15:31-34, Job 21:27, Job 32:3

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Barnes -> Job 22:5
Barnes: Job 22:5 - -- Is not thy wickedness great? - That is, "Is it not utter presumption and folly for a man, whose wickedness is undoubtedly so great, to presume ...
Is not thy wickedness great? - That is, "Is it not utter presumption and folly for a man, whose wickedness is undoubtedly so great, to presume to enter into a litigation with God?"Eliphaz here "assumes"it as an undeniable proposition, that Job was a great sinner. This charge had not been directly made before. He and his friends had argued evidently on that supposition, and had maintained that one who was a great sinner would be punished in this life for it, and they had left it to be implied, in no doubtful manner, that they so regarded Job. But the charge had not been before so openly made. Here Eliphaz argues as if that were a point that could not be disputed. The only "proof"that he had, so far as appears, was, that Job had been afflicted as they maintained great sinners "would be,"and they, therefore, concluded that he must be such. No facts are referred to, except that he was a great sufferer, and yet, on the ground of this, he proceeds to take for granted that he "must have been"a man who had taken a pledge for no cause; had refused to give water to the thirsty; had been an oppressor, etc.
And thine iniquities infinite? - Hebrew "And there is no end to thine iniquities,"that is, they are without number. This does not mean that sin is an "infinite evil,"or that his sins were infinite in degree; but that if one should attempt to reckon up the number of his transgressions, there would be no end to them. This, I believe, is the only place in the Bible where sin is spoken of, in any respect, as "infinite;"and this cannot be used as a proof text, to show that sin is an infinite evil, for:
(1) that is not the meaning of the passage even with respect to Job;
(2) it makes no affirmation respecting sin in general; and
(3) it was untrue, even in regard to Job, and in the sense in which Zophar meant to use the phrase.
There is no intelligible sense in which it can be said that sin is "an infinite evil;"and no argument should be based on such a declaration, to prove that sin demanded an infinite atonement, or that it deserves eternal sufferings. Those doctrines can be defended on solid grounds - they should not be made to rest on a false assumption, or on a false interpretation of the Scriptures.
Poole -> Job 22:5
Poole: Job 22:5 - -- Thy great sins are the true and only causes of thy misery. The words may very well be rendered thus, Is not thy evil (i.e. thy punishment or affli...
Thy great sins are the true and only causes of thy misery. The words may very well be rendered thus, Is not thy evil (i.e. thy punishment or affliction, which is frequently expressed by this very word) great, because (the particle and being oft used causally, as it is Gen 18:13 22:12 24:56 Isa 34:1 64:5 )
thine iniquities are infinite? Are not thy calamities procured by and proportionable to thy sins? Thy own conscience tells thee they are so. And therefore thou hast no reason to accuse God, nor any person but thyself.
Haydock -> Job 22:5
Haydock: Job 22:5 - -- Iniquities. He adduces no fresh arguments, but boldly taxes Job with many crimes, which a person in his station might have committed. He rashly con...
Iniquities. He adduces no fresh arguments, but boldly taxes Job with many crimes, which a person in his station might have committed. He rashly concludes that he must have fallen into some of them at least. (Calmet)
Gill -> Job 22:5
Gill: Job 22:5 - -- Is not thy wickedness great?.... It must be owned it is, it cannot be denied. Indeed, the wickedness of every man's heart is great, it being desperate...
Is not thy wickedness great?.... It must be owned it is, it cannot be denied. Indeed, the wickedness of every man's heart is great, it being desperately wicked, full of sin, abounding with it; out of it comes forth everything that is bad, and the wickedness of actions is very great: some sins are indeed greater than others, as those against God, and the first table of the law, are greater than those against men, or the second table; some are like crimson and scarlet, are beams in the eye, while others are comparatively as motes; yet all are great, as committed against God, and as they are breaches of his law; and especially they appear so to sensible sinners, to whom sin is made exceeding sinful; and they see and own themselves to be the chief of sinners, and as such entreat for pardon on that account, see Psa 25:11;
and thine iniquities infinite? strictly speaking, nothing is infinite but God; sins may be said in some sense to be infinite, because committed against an infinite God, and cannot be satisfied for by a finite creature, or by finite sufferings, only through the infinite value of the blood of Christ; here it signifies, that his iniquities were "innumerable" n, as some versions, they were not to be reckoned up, they were so many; or, more literally, there is "no end of thine iniquities" o, there is no summing of them up; and it may denote his continuance in them; Eliphaz suggests as if Job lived in sin, and allowed himself in it, and was going on in a course of iniquity without end, which was very uncharitable; here he charges him in a general way, and next he descends to particulars.

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TSK Synopsis -> Job 22:1-30
TSK Synopsis: Job 22:1-30 - --1 Eliphaz shews that man's goodness profits not God.5 He accuses Job of divers sins.21 He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy.
MHCC -> Job 22:5-14
MHCC: 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 wic...
Matthew Henry -> Job 22:5-14
Matthew Henry: Job 22:5-14 - -- Eliphaz and his companions had condemned Job, in general, as a wicked man and a hypocrite; but none of them had descended to particulars, nor drawn ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Job 22:1-5
Keil-Delitzsch: Job 22:1-5 - --
1 Then began Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
2 Is a man profitable unto God?
No, indeed! the intelligent man is profitable to himself.
3 Hath the...
Constable: Job 22:1--27:23 - --D. The Third cycle of Speeches between Job and His Three Friends chs. 22-27
In round one of the debate J...

Constable: Job 22:1-30 - --1. Eliphaz's third speech ch. 22
In his third speech Eliphaz was even more discourteous than he ...
