Do you think a wise man would argue\par with worthless words\par and with speeches that mean nothing?\par
Job 15:4 - Easy To Read Version Job, if you had your way,\par no person would respect God\par and pray to him.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, thou castest off fear, And restrainest prayer before God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Indeed, you are doing away with [reverential] fear, and you are hindering and diminishing meditation and devotion before God. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. Common English Bible You are truly making religion ineffective and restraining meditation before God. Catholic Public Domain Version to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God. |
Do you think a wise man would argue\par with worthless words\par and with speeches that mean nothing?\par
The things you say\par clearly show your sin.\par Job, you are trying to hide your sin\par by using clever words.\par
That person should have enjoyed\par \{talking with\} God All-Powerful.\par That person should have prayed to God\par all the time.\par
“But Job, if I were you,\par I would turn to God\par and tell him about my problems.\par
“A person’s friends should be kind\par to him if he has troubles.\par A person should be loyal to his friend,\par even if that friend turned away from \{God\} All-Powerful.\par
Lord, it is time for you to do something.\par The people have broken your law.\par
They never call to me from their hearts.\par Yes, they cry on their beds.\par And they cut themselves\par when they ask for grain and\par new wine.\par But \{in their hearts,\} they have turned away\par from me.\par
And when a person dies, a relative will come to get the body so he can take it out and burn it. {\cf2\super [81]} The relative will come to take away the bones. He will call to any person who might be hiding way back in the house, “Are there any other \{dead bodies\} in there with you?”
Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”
Then Jesus taught the followers that they should always pray and never lose hope. Jesus used this story to teach them:
So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.
This gift is from God, and it is very important to me. Why? Because if law could make us right with God, then Christ did not have to die.