Job 15:5

5 For [thy] wickedness hath taught thy mouth, and thou followest the tongue of blasphemers.

Job 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:5

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity
Which was in his heart, and so was an evidence against him, and proved him perverse, and made good the above charges exhibited against him: or "thine iniquity teaches thy mouth" ^F25; the wickedness that was in his heart prompted his mouth to speak the things he did, see ( Matthew 12:34 ) ; and this, as it was an instance of his folly, ( Proverbs 15:2 ) ; so a proof of his casting off the fear of the Lord; for if that had been before his eyes, he would have bridled his lips, and not uttered all the wickedness of his heart: for he that "bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion is vain", ( James 1:26 ) ;

and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty;
coloured over things under specious pretences of religion and godliness, so that the simple and ignorant took him for a holy good man, when he was at heart an hypocrite; in this light Eliphaz puts Job, as one that walked and talked in craftiness, and was a deceitful worker, and imposed upon men with false glosses and plausible pretences.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Kyp Knwe Play) "docuit iniquitas tua os tuum", V. L. Pagninus, Bolducius; "docebit", Montanus; "docet", Piscator, Cocceius; so Tigurine version.

Job 15:5 In-Context

3 For thou reprovest him by words, which is not like thee, and thou speakest that, that speedeth not to thee. (For thou rebukest him with worthless words, and thou speakest, what profiteth thee not.)

4 As much as is in thee, thou hast avoided dread; and thou hast taken away thy prayers before God. (As much as is possible, thou hast avoided fearing God/revering God; and thou hast not presented thy prayers to God.)

5 For [thy] wickedness hath taught thy mouth, and thou followest the tongue of blasphemers.

6 Thy tongue [Thy mouth], and not I, shall condemn thee, and thy lips shall answer (against) thee.

7 Whether thou art born the first man, and whether thou art formed before (the) little hills? (Art thou the first man born, and wast thou formed before the little hills?)