Job 15:13

13 Pitting your whole being against God by letting words like this come out of 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 promises not enough for you, spoken so gently and tenderly?
12 Why do you let your emotions take over, lashing out and spitting fire,
13 Pitting your whole being against God by letting words like this come out of your mouth?
14 Do you think it's possible for any mere mortal to be sinless in God's sight, for anyone born of a human mother to get it all together?
15 Why, God can't even trust his holy angels. He sees the flaws in the very heavens themselves,
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