Job 15:4

As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

In Context

3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.

5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch,

Job 5:8Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:

Job 27:10Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

Amos 6:10And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee?

Luke 18:1And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint,

Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17

Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →

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