Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God. New Living Translation Have you no fear of God, no reverence for him? English Standard Version But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God. Berean Standard Bible But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. King James Bible Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. New King James Version Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God. New American Standard Bible “Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God. NASB 1995 “Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God. NASB 1977 “Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God. Legacy Standard Bible Indeed, you annul reverent fear And cut off musing before God. Amplified Bible “Indeed, you are doing away with fear, And you are diminishing meditation before God. Christian Standard Bible But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before him. Holman Christian Standard Bible But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. American Standard Version Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Also you bring reverence to nothing and you multiply speaking before God Brenton Septuagint Translation Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord? Contemporary English Version Your words are enough to make others turn from God and lead them to doubt. Douay-Rheims Bible As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God. English Revised Version Yea, thou doest away with fear, and restrainest devotion before God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Yes, you destroy the fear [of God] and diminish devotion to God. Good News Translation If you had your way, no one would fear God; no one would pray to him. International Standard Version Yet you dispense with fear of God and hinder meditations before God. JPS Tanakh 1917 Yea, thou doest away with fear, And impairest devotion before God. Literal Standard Version Indeed, you make reverence void, and diminish meditation before God. Majority Standard Bible But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. New American Bible You in fact do away with piety, you lessen devotion toward God, NET Bible But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God. New Revised Standard Version But you are doing away with the fear of God, and hindering meditation before God. New Heart English Bible Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God. Webster's Bible Translation Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. World English Bible Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God. Young's Literal Translation Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God…3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose? 4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. 5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.… Cross References Job 6:14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. Job 15:3 Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose? Job 15:5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. Treasury of Scripture Yes, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God. castest off. Job 4:5,6 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled… Job 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. Psalm 36:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes… restrainest Job 5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Job 27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? 1 Chronicles 10:13,14 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; … prayer. Jump to Previous Castest Devotion Diminish Effect Fear Hinder Indeed Less Makest Meditation Outcry Piety Prayer Quiet Reverence sh Time Undermine Void WorshipJump to Next Castest Devotion Diminish Effect Fear Hinder Indeed Less Makest Meditation Outcry Piety Prayer Quiet Reverence sh Time Undermine Void WorshipJob 15 1. Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself17. He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men (4) Yea, thou castest off fear.--The tendency also of Job has been to encourage a kind of fatalism (e.g., Job 12:16-25), and therefore to check the offering of prayer to God, besides setting an example which, if followed, as from Job's position it was likely to be, would lead to murmuring and blasphemy.Verse 4. - Yea, thou castest off fear. To Eliphaz, Job's words - his bold expostulations (Job 13:3, 15, 22, etc.), his declarations that he knows he will be justified (Job 13:8), and that God will be his Salvation (Job 13:16) - seem to imply that he has cast off altogether the fear of God, and is entirely devoid of reverence. Some of his expressions certainly seem over-bold; but, on the other hand, his sense of God's purity, perfectness, and transcendent power is continually manifest, and should have saved him from the rude reproach here launched against him (comp. Job 9:1-13; Job 12:24 25; 13:11, 21, etc.). And restrainest prayer before God; rather, and hinderest devout meditation before God. Eliphaz means that Job expresses himself in a way so cf. fensive to devout souls, that he disturbs their minds and prevents them from indulging in those pious meditations on the Divine goodness which would otherwise occupy them (comp. Psalm 119:97). Thus, according to Eliphaz, Job is not only irreligious himself, but the cause of irreligion in others. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Butאַף־ (’ap̄-) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though you אַ֭תָּה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you even undermine תָּפֵ֣ר (tā·p̄êr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate the fear [of God] יִרְאָ֑ה (yir·’āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence and hinder וְתִגְרַ֥ע (wə·ṯiḡ·ra‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold meditation שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה (·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7881: Reflection, be extension, devotion before לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face Him. אֵֽל׃ (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty Links Job 15:4 NIVJob 15:4 NLT Job 15:4 ESV Job 15:4 NASB Job 15:4 KJV Job 15:4 BibleApps.com Job 15:4 Biblia Paralela Job 15:4 Chinese Bible Job 15:4 French Bible Job 15:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 15:4 Yes you do away with fear (Jb) |