English Standard Version
Job 15:4
4But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Have you no fear of God, no reverence for him?
Context of Job 15:4
2"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good? But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God. 5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. 6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:4 word by word
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 it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
- Job 6:14"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Psalms 36:1Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Psalms 119:126It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
- Zephaniah 1:6those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him."
- Romans 3:31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
- Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
- Job 5:8"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
- Job 27:10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
- Amos 6:10And when one's relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, "Is there still anyone with you?" he shall say, "No"; and he shall say, "Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord."
- Luke 18:1And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray 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
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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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