Job 15:4
2 “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
3 Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
- KJV
- Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- WEB
- Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
- ASV
- Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
- DARBY
- Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
- BLB
- Indeed, you break apart fear, and diminish meditation before the face of God.
- ÅB
- Du nedbryter endog gudsfrykten og svekker andakten for Guds åsyn;
- OTB
- Du reduserer virkelig ærefrykt
og hindrer meditasjon foran Gud. - B1930
- Du nedbryter endog gudsfrykten og svekker andakten for Guds åsyn;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 3:31
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Read in contextPsalms 36:1–3
An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Read in contextJob 6:14
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Read in context1 Chronicles 10:13–14
So 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,
Read in contextGalatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
Read in contextPsalms 119:126
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
Read in contextJob 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Read in contextAmos 6:10
And 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.”
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