Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him.

New American Standard Bible

“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.

King James Version

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יראה 
Yir'ah 
Usage: 45

גּרע 
Gara` 
Usage: 22

שׂיחה 
Siychah 
Usage: 3

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

3 Should he argue with useless talk
or with words that serve no good purpose?
4 But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him.
5 Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
and you choose the language of the crafty.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 10:13-14

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

Job 4:5-6

But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

Job 5:8

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to Him.

Job 6:14

A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Job 27:10

Will he delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

Psalm 36:1-3

For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,

Psalm 119:126

It is time for the Lord to act,
for they have violated Your instruction.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves for grain and new wine;
they turn away from Me.

Amos 6:10

A close relative and burner will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?”

That person will reply, “None.”

Then he will say, “Silence, because Yahweh’s name must not be invoked.”

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn back from following the Lord,
who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

Luke 18:1

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

Romans 3:31

Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Galatians 2:21

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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