American Standard Version
Job 15:4
4Yea, thou doest away with fear,And hinderest devotion before God.
Job 15:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- New International Version (NIV)But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.
Context of Job 15:4
2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. 5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 15:4
- Job 4:5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
- Job 6:14To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
- Psalms 36:1The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Psalms 119:126It is time for Jehovah to work; Forthey have made void thy law.
- Zephaniah 1:6and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
- Romans 3:31Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
- Galatians 2:21I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
- Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
- Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,
- Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
- Amos 6:10And when a man’s uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.
- Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Commentaries on Job 15:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou castest off fear - Thou hast no reverence for God. And restrainest prayer - Instead of humbling thyself, and making supplication to thy Judge, thou spendest thy time in arraigning his providence and justifying thyself. When a man has any doubts whether he has grieved God's Spirit, and his mind feels troubled, it is much better for him to go immediately to God, and ask forgiveness, than spend any time in finding excuses for his conduct, or laboring to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Yea, thou castest off fear - Margin, Makest void. Fear here means the fear or reverence of God; and the idea is, that Job had not maintained a proper veneration or respect for his Maker in his argument. He had defended principles and made assertions which implied great disrespect for the Deity. If those doctrines were true; if he was right in his views about God, then he was not a being who could be reverenced. No confidence could be placed in his…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. fear--reverence for God (Job 4:6; Psa 2:11). prayer--meditation, in Psa 104:34; so devotion. If thy views were right, reasons Eliphaz, that God disregards the afflictions of the righteous and makes the wicked to prosper, all devotion would be at an end.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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