Job 15:13

Job 15:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
• English Standard Version (ESV)that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?
• New King James Version (NKJV)That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?
• New Living Translation (NLT)that you turn against God and say all these evil things?

Context of Job 15:13

11Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? 12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth? 14“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous? 15If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

Job 15:13 word by word

כִּֽי־תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That thou turnestשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• thy spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• against Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
• of thy mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Job 15:13

• Job 15:25because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
• Job 9:4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
• Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Job 10:3Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
• Job 12:6The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
• Psalms 34:13keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.
• Malachi 3:13“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’
• James 1:26Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
• James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

Commentaries on Job 15:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13That thou turnest thy spirit against God - The ideas here seem to be taken from an archer, who turns his eye and his spirit - his desire - against the object which he wishes to hit; and then lets loose his arrow that it may attain the mark.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13That thou turnest thy spirit - That your mind is turned against God instead of acquiescing in his dealings. The views of Job he traces to pride and to overweening self-confidence, and perhaps not improperly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. That is, frettest against God and lettest fall rash words.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:13

• Blasphemy
• Murmuring
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• God
• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Wink
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary