Job 15:5
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?
Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Psalms 52:2(52-4) Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 120:2O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Jeremiah 9:8(9-7) Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth 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 →