Job 15:5
Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.
6Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy own lips testify against thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Job 22:5Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?
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 accounted himself righteous rather than God.
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischief, Like a sharp razor, thou contriver of deceit!
Psalms 120:2O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; Every one of them speaketh treachery; With their mouth they speak peace to their neighbor, But in their heart they lay snares 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 →