Job 15:6

6 Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

Job 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:6

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I
Or shows thee to be a wicked person, guilty of things charged upon thee; out of thine own mouth thou art convicted, there needs no other evidence to be brought against thee, that is sufficient: and thou savest me, and any other, the trouble of passing the sentence of condemnation upon thee; thou hast done it thyself, thine own mouth is judge and jury, and brings in the verdict, and pronounces it, as well as is the witness, as follows, and is instead of a thousand witnesses, ( Job 9:20 ) ;

yea, thine own lips testify against thee;
and therefore there were no need of producing any other testimony; what he had said showed that his talk was vain and unprofitable, unbecoming a wise man, and tending to make null and void the fear of God among men, to discourage all religious exercises, and particularly prayer before God.

Job 15:6 In-Context

4 Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?

5 Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

6 Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

7 What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?

8 Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as counsellor? and has wisdom come to thee?