Job 15:4
But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
In Context
3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about the need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
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 →