Job
Job 15:5
5For your iniquity instructs your mouth,
and you choose the language of the crafty.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your iniquity | עֲוֺנְךָ֣ | ‘ă·wō·nə·ḵā | Noun - common singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| instructs | יְאַלֵּ֣ף | yə·’al·lêp̄ | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H502 learn |
| your mouth | פִ֑יךָ | p̄î·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6310 mouth |
| and you choose | וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר | wə·ṯiḇ·ḥar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H977 choose |
| the language | לְשׁ֣וֹן | lə·šō·wn | Noun - common singular construct | H3956 tongue |
| of the crafty | עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | ‘ă·rū·mîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H6175 crafty, shrewd, sensible |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.