New American Standard Bible 1995
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“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind? 3Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable? Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God. 5For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty. 6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
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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 has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
- Job 6:14“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.
- Psalms 36:1Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; 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 have turned back from following the Lord, And those who have not sought the Lord or inquired of Him.”
- Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
- Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
- Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God;
- Job 27:10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it,
- Hosea 7:14And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.
- Amos 6:10Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned.”
- Luke 18:1Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to 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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- 1. Job 15:4 Lit fear ↩
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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