Job 15:5
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
Job 22:5And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities?
Job 32:2And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and was moved to indignation : now he was angry against Job, because he said he was just before God.
Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech
Psalms 120:2Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait 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 →