Christian Standard Bible
Job 15:4
4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him.
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
2Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind? 3Should he argue with useless talk or with words that serve no good purpose? But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him. 5Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.
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אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:4
- Job 4:5But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
- Job 6:14A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
- Psalms 36:1An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked person: Dread of God has no effect on him.
- Psalms 119:126It is time for the Lord to act, for they have violated your instruction.
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.
- Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, 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 would present my case to him.
- Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
- 1 Chronicles 10:13Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry to me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.
- Amos 6:10A close relative and burner will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?” That person will reply, “None.” Then he will say, “Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.”
- Luke 18:1Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.
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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