Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
In Context
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right:
Job 40:8Wilt thou even disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Psalms 64:8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.
Matthew 26:65Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have 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 →