Job 15:13
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
In Context
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
Psalms 34:13(34-14) Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Lamentations 3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
Malachi 3:13Your words have been all too strong against Me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we spoken against thee?'
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 →