Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And you choose the language of
King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Holman Bible
and you choose the language of the crafty.
International Standard Version
Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty.
A Conservative Version
For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
American Standard Version
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Amplified
“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.
Bible in Basic English
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
Darby Translation
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
Julia Smith Translation
For thy mouth will accustom itself to thine iniquity, and thou wilt choose the tongue of the crafty.
King James 2000
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose [the] tongue of [the] crafty.
Modern King James verseion
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.
NET Bible
Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
New Heart English Bible
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
The Emphasized Bible
For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.
Webster
For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
World English Bible
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
Interlinear
Peh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
4
But you are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God.
5
And you choose the language of
Cross References
Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Job 9:22-24
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
Psalm 50:19-20
"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
Psalm 64:3
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 120:2-3
Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Jeremiah 9:3-5
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Luke 6:45
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
James 3:5-8
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!