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Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

The sophistry of thine own speeches proves thy guilt. The sophistry of thine own speeches proves thy guilt.

Uttereth - margin, rightly 'teacheth.' The craft of Job consisted, according to Eliphaz, in his transferring the blame to his friends, and accusing them of being "forgers of lies" (Job 13:4; Job 13:7).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 15:5. _FOR THY MOUTH UTTERETH_] In attempting to justify thyself, thou hast added iniquity to sin, and hast endeavoured to impute blame to thy Maker. _THE TONGUE OF THE CRAFTY._] Thou hast...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THY MOUTH UTTERETH THINE INIQUITY - Margin, “teacheth.” That is, “your whole argument shows that you are a guilty man. A man who can defend such positions about God cannot be a pious man, or have...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah,_ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:5 iniquity, (d-6) Some read 'iniquity teacheth thy mouth.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job said that good men often have awful lives. And he said that evil men have good lives (Job 12:6). Eliphaz could not agree. He believed that God rewards a good man. Eliphaz also believed that God pu...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֹנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝ תִבְחַ֗ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    UTTERETH: _ Heb._ teacheth...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 15:5 iniquity H5771 teaches H502 (H8762) mouth H6310 choose H977 (H8799) tongue H3956 crafty H6175 utteret

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Uttereth — Thy words discover the naughtiness of thy heart. Crafty — Thou speakest wickedly, and craftily: thou coverest thy impious principles with fair pretences of piety....

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