Job

Job 15:5–6

5For your iniquity instructs your mouth,

and you choose the language of the crafty.

6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you;

your own lips testify against you.

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Job 15:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
your iniquityעֲוֺנְךָ֣‘ă·wō·nə·ḵāNoun - common singular construct; second person masculine singularH5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
instructsיְאַלֵּ֣ףyə·’al·lêp̄Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH502 learn
your mouthפִ֑יךָp̄î·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH6310 mouth
and you chooseוְ֝תִבְחַ֗רwə·ṯiḇ·ḥarConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singularH977 choose
the languageלְשׁ֣וֹןlə·šō·wnNoun - common singular constructH3956 tongue
of the craftyעֲרוּמִֽים׃‘ă·rū·mîmAdjective - masculine pluralH6175 crafty, shrewd, sensible

Job 15:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Your own mouthפִ֣יךָp̄î·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH6310 mouth
notוְלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
mineאָ֑נִי’ā·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
condemns youיַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣yar·šî·‘ă·ḵāVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singularH7561 be wicked, act wickedly
your own lipsוּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָū·śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵāConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singularH8193 lip, speech, edge
testifyיַעֲנוּ־ya·‘ă·nū-Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH6030 answer, respond
against youבָֽךְ׃ḇāḵPreposition; second person masculine singular

Cross-references

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Job 15:5 Jeremiah 9:3–5 · James 1:26 · Luke 6:45 · Psalm 52:2–4 · Psalm 50:19–20 · James 3:5–8 · Jeremiah 9:8 · Job 5:13 · Psalm 64:3 · Psalm 120:2–3 · Job 9:22–24

Job 15:6 Luke 19:22 · Job 9:20 · Matthew 12:37 · Job 33:8–12 · Job 42:3 · Job 34:5–9 · Psalm 64:8 · Job 35:2–3 · Job 40:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.