Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
In Context
5For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
7Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 34:5For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.
Job 40:8Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
Psalms 64:8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.
Matthew 26:65Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, He has blasphemed. What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye heard his blasphemy.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →