Job 15:4
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?
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.
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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 make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Read in contextPsalms 36:1–3
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Read in contextJob 6:14
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Read in context1 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 enquire of it;
Read in contextGalatians 2:21
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Read in contextPsalms 119:126
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Read in contextJob 5:8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Read in contextAmos 6:10
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
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