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Job 15:5

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity,.... Which was in his heart, and so was an evidence against him, and proved him perverse, and made good the above charges exhibited against him: or "thine…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity - Margin, “teacheth.” That is, “your whole argument shows that you are a guilty man. A man who can defend such positions about God cannot be a pious man, or have…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

for thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity Rather, for thine iniquity (or, guilt) teacheth thy mouth; the meaning being that his mouth was prompted by his iniquity, used as its instrument. His inquity…