Job 15:6
Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy own lips testify against thee.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
In Context
5Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
7Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
Job 34:5Job hath said, “I am righteous, And God refuseth me justice.
Job 40:8Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
Psalms 64:8Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.
Matthew 26:65Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? See! ye have now heard the blasphemy.
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 →