- Bible
- Job
- Chapter 15
- Verse 4
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
Yea, thou castest off fear,.... Not of man; a slavish fear of man is to be cast off, because that brings a snare, deters men from their duty, and leads into sin; though there is a fear and reverence…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, thou castest off fear - Margin, Makest void. Fear here means the fear or reverence of God; and the idea is, that Job had not maintained a proper veneration or respect for his Maker in his…
Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it…
Cambridge Bible
Job was more than unwise, he was doing away with all fear of God.
castest off fear Or, as margin, makest void, doest away with, the fear of God.
restrainest prayer Rather, impairest reverence or…
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