Job 22:4

Is it because of your piety ¹  that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? ² 

Job 7:12; Job 9:19,32; Job 14:3; Job 16:21; Job 23:6,7; Job 34:23; Ps 39:11; Ps 76:6; Ps 80:16; Ps 130:3,4; Ps 143:2; Ec 12:14; Isa 3:14,15; Re 3:19

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.

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