New King James Version
Job 15:6
6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Job 15:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your own mouth condemns you, not I. Your own lips testify against you.
Context of Job 15:6
4Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God. 5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty. Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you. 7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills? 8Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Read all of Job 15Job 15:6 word by word
יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 15:6
- Job 9:20Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
- Psalms 64:8So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
- Matthew 12:37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- Matthew 26:65Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!
- Luke 19:22And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
- Job 33:8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
- Job 34:5“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
- Job 40:8“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Commentaries on Job 15:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Thine own mouth condemneth thee - That is, the sentiments which you have uttered show that you cannot be a pious man.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Your own mouth … condemns you: Job feared this would happen (9:20; see Matthew 26:65).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. No pious man would utter such sentiments.Read the comment
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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
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