But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
- KJV Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- NKJV Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.
- NASB “Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God.
- NLT Have you no fear of God, no reverence for him?
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Quick answer
Eliphaz accuses Job of undermining reverence and prayer toward God. He charges Job with corrupting true piety.
Overview
Eliphaz claims Job's words 'do away with fear' and 'hinder devotion before God.' He alleges that Job's bold complaints erode godly reverence in others. The accusation is unjust, for Job's wrestling springs from faith, not impiety, yet it shows how honest lament can be misread as irreverence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Rom 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- Ps 36:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- 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, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
- Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- Ps 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
- Zeph 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
- Job 4:5–6But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
- Hos 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 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- 1 Chr 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,
- Gal 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
- Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
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