Job 15:5

For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.

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In The King James Version

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

In Context

4to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.

6Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.

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Cross References

Job 9:22There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.

Job 22:5and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?

Job 32:2And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God.

Psalms 52:2They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.

Psalms 120:2My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a wounding arrow; it has spoken deceit. With his mouth, he speaks peace with his friend, and then he secretly lies in ambush for him.

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 →

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