Job 15:5
It's your sins that are doing the talking, and you are choosing deceptive words.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4But you are doing away with the fear of God, and destroying communion with him.
6Your own mouth is condemning you, not me; your own lips are testifying against you.
Cross References
Job 9:22That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God. He destroys both the innocent and the wicked.’
Job 22:5No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
Job 32:2Then Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, grew angry. He was angry with Job for claiming he was right rather than God.
Psalms 52:2You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!
Psalms 120:2Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!
Jeremiah 9:8Their words are arrows that kill; they always tell lies. They're nice to their friends on the outside while plotting against them inside.
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 →