Job 15:4
Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 transgression which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost, 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 have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to work; 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 must not make mention of the name of the LORD.'
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 →