Devine Scripture

Job 15:5

Job chapter 15 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

v.5This passage

v.6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 1:26

    If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

  • Mark 7:21

    For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

  • Psalms 50:19

    Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Jeremiah 9:3

    And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

  • Job 12:6

    The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

  • James 3:5

    So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!