5Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.


In Context

2 "Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

3 Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

4 But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

5 Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.

7 "Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

Job 15:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:5For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.