Job 15:5
Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, 1 Neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, 1 And accomplished such words before the Lord? 1
6Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: 1 And thy lips shall testify against thee. 1
Cross References
Job 9:22Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man. 1
Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness abundant, 1 And thy sins innumerable? 1
Job 32:2Then Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, 1 Of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Uz, was angered: 1 And he was very angry with Job, 1 Because he justified himself before the Lord. 1
Psalms 52:2The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: 1 There is none that does good. 1
Psalms 120:2My help shall come from the Lord, 1 Who made the heaven and the earth. 1
Jeremiah 9:8Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people as this?
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 →