Job 15:6
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
In Context
5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?
Cross References
Job 9:20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
Job 34:5For Job hath said : I am just, and God hath overthrown my judgment.
Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
Psalms 64:8and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
Matthew 26:65Then the high priests rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the 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 →