Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty. New Living Translation Your sins are telling your mouth what to say. Your words are based on clever deception. English Standard Version For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. Berean Standard Bible For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. King James Bible For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. New King James Version For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty. New American Standard Bible “For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning. NASB 1995 “For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty. NASB 1977 “For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty. Legacy Standard Bible For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty. Amplified Bible “For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning. Christian Standard Bible Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty. American Standard Version For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because sin will teach your mouth and you delight in a tongue of deceit Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty. Contemporary English Version And your sinful, scheming mind is the source of all you say. Douay-Rheims Bible For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers. English Revised Version For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose [to talk with] a sly tongue. Good News Translation Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words. International Standard Version Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty. JPS Tanakh 1917 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Literal Standard Version For your mouth teaches your iniquity, | And you choose the tongue of the cunning. Majority Standard Bible For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. New American Bible Because your wickedness instructs your mouth, and you choose to speak like the crafty. NET Bible Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty. New Revised Standard Version For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. New Heart English Bible For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. Webster's Bible Translation For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. World English Bible For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. Young's Literal Translation For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God…4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. 5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.… Cross References Job 5:12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. Job 5:13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning. Job 11:6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves. Job 15:4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. Job 22:5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless? Treasury of Scripture For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. uttereth. Job 9:22-24 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked… Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. Mark 7:21,22 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, … thou choosest Psalm 50:19,20 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit… Psalm 52:2-4 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully… Psalm 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Jump to Previous Adopt Choose Choosest Chooseth Chosen Crafty False. Guided Guilt Iniquity Language Mouth Prompts Sin Subtile Teaches Teacheth Tongue UtterethJump to Next Adopt Choose Choosest Chooseth Chosen Crafty False. Guided Guilt Iniquity Language Mouth Prompts Sin Subtile Teaches Teacheth Tongue UtterethJob 15 1. Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself17. He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men (5) Thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity.--These words may mean either "Thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity," or "Thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth," and the second clause must be taken adversatively or otherwise according as we understand the meaning, "Thy mouth proclaimeth thine iniquity, though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty, and so contrivest in some degree to conceal it;" or, "Thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth its eloquence, and by consequence thou choosest the tongue of the crafty." We incline to the latter, though it is fair to say that the next verse seems rather to favour the other meaning.Verse 5. - For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity. Some render, "Thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth," causing it to utter such profane speeches (Vulgate, Dillmann, Canon Cook, Revised Version); but the translation of the Authorized Version is defensible on grammatical grounds, and yields a good sense, so that no alteration is necessary. And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty; or, the tongue of the subtle (comp. Genesis 3:1, where the epithet assigned to the serpent is the same). Eliphaz probably means to tax Job with cloaking his real impiety under a pretence of religiousness. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction your iniquity עֲוֺנְךָ֣ (‘ă·wō·nə·ḵā) Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity instructs יְאַלֵּ֣ף (yə·’al·lêp̄) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 502: To learn your mouth, פִ֑יךָ (p̄î·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to and you choose וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר (wə·ṯiḇ·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select the language לְשׁ֣וֹן (lə·šō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 3956: The tongue of the crafty. עֲרוּמִֽים׃ (‘ă·rū·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6175: Crafty, shrewd, sensible Links Job 15:5 NIVJob 15:5 NLT Job 15:5 ESV Job 15:5 NASB Job 15:5 KJV Job 15:5 BibleApps.com Job 15:5 Biblia Paralela Job 15:5 Chinese Bible Job 15:5 French Bible Job 15:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 15:5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth (Jb) |
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