Job 22:4

22:4 Is it because of your piety ¹  that he rebukes you

and goes to judgment with you? ² 

[22:4]  ¹ tn The word “your fear” or “your piety” refers to Job’s reverence – it is his fear of God (thus a subjective genitive). When “fear” is used of religion, it includes faith and adoration on the positive side, fear and obedience on the negative.

[22:4]  ² sn Of course the point is that God does not charge Job because he is righteous; the point is he must be unrighteous.