Job 22:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:3 : 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
  • Isa 3:14-15 : 14 The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force. 15 By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
  • Job 9:32 : 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
  • Job 19:29 : 29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.
  • Job 23:6-7 : 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 34:23 : 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
  • Ps 76:6 : 6 At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

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  • 3 Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

    9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

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    7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

    8 Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

    9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

    10 He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

    11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 5 Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

  • 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • 6 Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

  • 4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

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    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

  • 22 Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

  • Job 41:3-4
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    3 I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

    4 Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?

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    6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

    7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

  • 31 Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

  • 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • 17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

  • 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

  • 12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

  • 4 Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

  • Job 10:2-4
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    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

    3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

    4 Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

  • 13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

  • 13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • 24 O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.

  • 34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

  • 4 But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

  • 14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

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    9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

    10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

  • 23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

  • 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

  • 4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • 24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

  • 14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • 17 ...

  • 4 I will make answer to you and to your friends: