Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15:5 in other translations
| BSB | For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. |
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| WEB | For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. |
| ASV | For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
| YLT | For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile. |
| DARBY | For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty. |
| BBE | For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself. |
| Webster | For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
What does Job 15:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 15:1-16
Eliphaz begins a second attack upon Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, and all regard to him, and restraining prayer. See in what religion is summed up, fearing God, and praying to him; the former the most needful principle, the latter the most needful practice. Eliphaz charges Job with self-conceit. He charges him with contempt of the counsels…
Job 15:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 15:5
- Jeremiah 9:3-5
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
- Psalms 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
- Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
- James 3:5-8
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
- Psalms 50:19-20
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
- Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Psalms 120:2-3
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
- Job 9:22-24
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
- Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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Context
- Job 15:4
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job 15:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque tu boca declaró tu iniquidad, pues has escogido el hablar de los astutos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ta bouche fait connaître ton iniquité, et tu as choisi le langage des hommes rusés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn deine Ungerechtigkeit belehrt deinen Mund, und du wählst die Sprache der Listigen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium. |