Job 15:4
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
World English Bible Catholic
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 with which he can do no good?
5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
Psalms 119:126It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
Amos 6:10“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention the LORD’s name.’
Luke 18:1He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
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 →