Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 22:4

4. Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ? Will he enter with thee into Judgment ?

Will, or doth, or would he reprove thee? i. e. punish thee: For this word is frequently used of real Rebukes or Chastisements, as hath been oft noted.

Because he is afraid, lest if he should let thee alone, thou wouldst grow too great and powerful for him, as Princes oft times crush those Subjects of whom they are afraid? Surely no. As thy Righteousness cannot profit him, so thy wickedness can do him no hurt. Or, for thy Piety or Religion, which is commonly called by the name of Fear? Doth he punish thee because thou fearest and servest him, as thou dost insinuate? No surely, but for thy sins, as it follows.

And condemn thee, to wit, for the reason last mentioned, as appears from the Hebrew Text, where the words lie thus, Will he for fear of thee reprove thee, or enter with thee into Iudgment?