Job 15:5
For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
6Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22One thing is [certain], therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end.
Job 22:5Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities?
Job 32:2Thereupon 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 had declared himself more righteous than God.
Psalms 52:2(52:4) Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.
Psalms 120:2O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.
Jeremiah 9:8(9:7) A murderous arrow is their tongue; [every one] speaketh deceit: with his mouth speaketh he peaceably to his neighbor, 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 →