Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And hinder meditation before God.
King James Version
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Holman Bible
and hinder meditation before Him.
International Standard Version
Yet you dispense with fear of God and hinder meditations before God.
A Conservative Version
Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
American Standard Version
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
Amplified
“Indeed, you are doing away with fear,
And you are diminishing meditation before God.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
Darby Translation
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
Julia Smith Translation
Also thou wilt bring to nought, fear, and thou wilt withhold meditation before God.
King James 2000
Yea, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.
Modern King James verseion
Yea, you do away with fear, and take away prayer before God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for shame, thou hast set it aside - else wouldest thou not make so many words before God.
NET Bible
But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
The Emphasized Bible
But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.
Webster
Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
World English Bible
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
3
Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?
4
And hinder meditation before God.
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the LORD in that he did not keep the command of the LORD, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.
Job 4:5-6
But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
Job 5:8
"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
Job 6:14
"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 27:10
Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
Psalm 36:1-3
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalm 119:126
It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken.
Hosea 7:14
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
Amos 6:10
And when one's relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, "Is there still anyone with you?" he shall say, "No"; and he shall say, "Silence! We must not mention the name of the LORD."
Zephaniah 1:6
those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him."
Luke 18:1
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Romans 3:31
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Galatians 2:21
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.