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Job 15:5

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

KJV

Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.

Vulgate

ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου, οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν·

LXX

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

ASV

כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֺנְ/ךָ֣ פִ֑י/ךָ וְ֝/תִבְחַ֗ר לְשׁ֣וֹן עֲרוּמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְאַלֵּ֣ף
y'lp
verb · 4×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 116×
ם
m
noun · 230×
עָ֭רוּם
'rvm
adjective · 11×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 27:24 — And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
  • Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
  • Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
  • Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 9:5 — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
  • Jer 9:8 — Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
  • Job 5:13 — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
  • Job 9:20 — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
  • Job 9:22 — This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 11:6 — And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
  • Job 22:5 — Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
  • Luke 6:45 — A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
  • Luke 19:22 — And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
  • Matt 25:26 — His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
  • Ps 50:19 — Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 120:2 — Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.