Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job 15:6 in other translations
| BSB | Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you. |
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| WEB | Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you. |
| ASV | Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee. |
| YLT | Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee. |
| DARBY | Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee. |
| BBE | It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you. |
| Webster | Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips testify against thee. |
What does Job 15:6 mean?
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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 15:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 15:6
- Luke 19:22
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
- Matthew 12:37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
- Job 34:5-9
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. …
- Job 35:2-3
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
- Job 42:3
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- Job 33:8-12
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. …
- Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Matthew 26:65
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
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Context
- 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 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Job 15:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tu boca te condenará, y no yo; y tus labios testificarán contra ti. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ta bouche te condamnera, et non pas moi, et tes lèvres déposent contre toi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dein Mund verdammt dich, und nicht ich; und deine Lippen zeugen wider dich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi. |