Job 15:5
for your iniquity teaches your mouth; 1 you choose to have the tongue of a crafty man. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Indeed, you diminish respect for God; 1 you obstruct devotion to him, 1
6Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; 1 indeed, your own lips testify against you. 1
Cross References
Job 9:22It makes no difference, which is why I say 1 that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together. 1
Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? 1 Is there no end to your iniquities? 1
Job 32:2Then was kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; it was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Psalms 52:2Your tongue plans destruction 1 like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 1
Psalms 120:2Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips 1 and deceive with their tongues. 1
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are sharpened arrows; they speak unfaithful things. 1 With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, but with their hearts they lie in wait for them. 1
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 →