Job 22:5 Meaning and Explanation
“Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?”
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz directly charges Job with enormous and endless sins, with no evidence.
What Does Job 22:5 Mean?
Here Eliphaz crosses a line. Earlier he hinted; now he openly accuses Job of vast wickedness and countless sins. He reasons backward from Job's suffering: such great calamity must mean great guilt. The reader knows this is false, for God Himself called Job blameless.
This verse warns against measuring a person's heart by their hardships. Affliction is not always punishment, and the suffering are not always the guilty. Christ Himself, the only truly innocent one, was treated as though His iniquities were infinite. When we are wrongly accused, we may take comfort that the Lord sees the truth even when others do not, and that He vindicates the upright in His own time.
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What does Job 22:5 mean?
Eliphaz directly charges Job with enormous and endless sins, with no evidence.