Job 15:4
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
In Context
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],
Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
Psalms 119:126It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
Amos 6:10And when a man`s uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.
Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they 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 →