Job 15:4

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

2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind? 3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose? But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. 5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:4 word by word

אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Butאַף'aph · alsoH637
• youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• even undermineפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• the fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• and hinderגָּרַעgâra‛ · diminishH1639
• meditationשִׂיחָהώîychâh · meditationH7881
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Himאֵל'êl · GodH410

Cross-references for Job 15:4

• Job 4:5But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
• Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
• Psalms 36:1An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
• Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
• Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
• Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
• Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
• Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
• 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
• Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
• Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

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

Topics related to Job 15:4

• Prayerlessness
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• God
• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Devotion; Devotions
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

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