Job 15:6
Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
Leeser Tanakh
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 teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
7Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Cross References
Job 9:20If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.
Job 34:5For Job hath said, “I am righteous; and God hath taken away justice from me.
Job 40:8Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?
Psalms 64:8(64:9) And their own tongues will stumble over themselves: all that look on them will shake their head.
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 →