Job 15:13

13 so that you return your breath to God and utter such words from your mouth?

Job 15:13 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:13

That thou turnest thy spirit against God
Not against men, his friends only, but against God himself, being filled with wrath and indignation at him; showing the enmity of his heart unto him, and committing hostilities upon him, stretching out his hand, and strengthening himself against him, running upon him, on the thick bosses of his buckler, as after expressed:

and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
as in ( Job 9:22 ) ( 10:3 ) ( 12:6 ) ( 13:22-27 ) .

Job 15:13 In-Context

11 Are God's comforts not enough for you, a word spoken gently with you?
12 Why has your mind seized you, why have your eyes flashed,
13 so that you return your breath to God and utter such words from your mouth?
14 What are humans that they might be pure, and those born of woman that they might be innocent?
15 If he doesn't trust his holy ones and the heavens aren't pure in his eyes,
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