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Job 15:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 15:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:48 words
HebrewMeaning
אַףʾap
alsoparticleH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
אַ֭תָּהʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
תָּפֵ֣רtāpēr
you annulverbH6565
any ways · cast off · cause to cease · clean ···
יִרְאָ֑הyirəʾāh
fearnounH3374
dreadful · exceedingly
וְ/תִגְרַ֥עwətigəraʿ
so you may diminishconjH1639
clip · minish · do away · keep back ···
שִׂ֝יחָ֗הśiyḥāh
meditationnounH7881
prayer
לִ/פְנֵיlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֵֽלʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 15:4

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man answer as if speaking into the wind, and fill his belly with burning? We have already said frequently that blessed Job bears a type of the Holy Church universal, and that his friends bear the likeness of heretics, who as it were on the plea of defence of the Lord find occasion of foolish talking, and let loose insulting words against good men; to whom all is displeasing that is thought by the faithful, as though…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §27
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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