Job 15:4
Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
In Context
3Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
5For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul dyed for his transgression, that he committed against the Lord, euen against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and in that he sought and asked counsel of a familiar spirit,
Job 5:8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
Job 27:10Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Psalms 119:126It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
Amos 6:10And his vncle shall take him vp and burne him to cary out the bones out of the house, and shall say vnto him, that is by ye sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? And he shall say, None. Then shall he say, Holde thy tongue: for we may not remember the Name of the Lord.
Luke 18:1And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe 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 →