Job 15:4
Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
In Context
3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?
5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit — to inquire, —
Job 5:8Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
Job 27:10On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Psalms 119:126Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
Amos 6:10And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who [is] in the sides of the house, 'Is there yet with thee?' And he said, 'None,' then he said, 'Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.'
Luke 18:1And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth [us] always to pray, and not to 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 →