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Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Job 15:4

In 11 translations

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.castest…: Heb. makest voidprayer: or, speech
WEB
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
ASV
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
LSV
Indeed, you make reverence void, and diminish meditation before God.
YLT
Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
DBY
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.El
DRC
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
GNV
Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
JPS
Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
LXXE
Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον, συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ Κυρίου;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  • Amos 6:10And 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,…
  • Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
  • Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
  • Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
  • Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
  • Job 4:5–6But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
  • 1 Chronicles 10:13–14So 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, and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the…
  • Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
  • Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
  • Psalms 36:1–3An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and…
  • Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

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