Job 15:4
Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
In Context
3Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
5For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13And [so] died Saul for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he had not kept, and also for asking one of a familiar spirit to inquire of the same;
Job 5:8I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
Job 27:10Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?
Psalms 119:126It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.
Amos 6:10And should a man's uncle or relative carry him forth, to bring out the bones out of the house, and say unto him that is in the recesses of the house, Is there yet any one with thee? he will say, There is no one left. Then will he say, Be silent; for we may 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 →