Job 15:5
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
In Context
4Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Cross References
Job 9:22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
Job 22:5Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Job 32:2Then the wrath of Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the familie of Ram, was kindled: his wrath, I say, was kindled against Iob, because he iustified himselfe more then God.
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.
Psalms 120:2Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite 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 →