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Job Chapter 15 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Job 15:5

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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BBE Job 15:5

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
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DARBY Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
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KJV Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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WBT Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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WEB Job 15:5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
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YLT Job 15:5

For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
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Job 15 : 5 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.