4 “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you

and brings charges against you?

5 Is not your wickedness great?

Are not your sins endless?

4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you

and enters into judgment with you?

5 Is not your evil abundant?

There is no end to your iniquities.

4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?

Will he enter with thee into judgment?

5 Is not thy wickedness great?

And thine iniquities infinite?

4 “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,

And enters into judgment with you?

5 Is not your wickedness great,

And your iniquity without end?

4 Does God punish you for respecting him?

Does he bring you into court for this?

5 No! It is because your evil is without limits

and your sins have no end.

4 Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,

That he entereth with thee into judgment?

5 Is not thy wickedness great?

Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

4 Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

4 Does God correct you 

and bring you into a court of law because you fear him? 

5 “Aren’t you really very wicked? 

Is there no end to your wrongdoing? 

4 Does He correct you and take you to court

because of your piety?

5 Isn’t your wickedness abundant

and aren’t your iniquities endless?

4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you,

and enters into judgment with you?

5 Is not your wickedness great?

There is no end to your iniquities.

4 Does he reprove you because of your reverence

or enter into judgment with you?

5 Is not your wickedness great,

and there is no end to your iniquities?

4 “You say you have respect for him.

Is that why he corrects you?

Is that why he brings charges against you?

5 Haven’t you done many evil things?

Don’t you sin again and again?

4 “Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you,

That He enters into judgment against you?

5 “Is not your wickedness great,

And your iniquities without end?