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Job 15

Job 15:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thy mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
βuttereth
'alph (Hebrew #502)
hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)
KJV usage: learn, teach, utter.
Pronounce: aw-lof'
Origin: a primitive root, to associate with
thine iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
, and thou choosest
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
the tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
of the crafty
`aruwm (Hebrew #6175)
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Pronounce: aw-room'
Origin: passive participle of 6191
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teacheth.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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uttereth.
Heb. teacheth.
Job 9:22‑24• 22It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
 23If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
 24The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it? (Job 9:22‑24)
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Job 12:6• 6The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke *God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth. (Job 12:6)
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Mark 7:21‑22• 21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
 22thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly; (Mark 7:21‑22)
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Luke 6:45• 45The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)
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James 1:26• 26If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain. (James 1:26)
thou choosest.
Psa. 50:19‑20• 19Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son: (Psa. 50:19‑20)
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Psa. 52:2‑4• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
 3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
 4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue! (Psa. 52:2‑4)
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Psa. 64:3• 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word; (Psa. 64:3)
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Psa. 120:2‑3• 2Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
 3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? (Psa. 120:2‑3)
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Jer. 9:3‑5,8• 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.
 8Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush. (Jer. 9:3‑5,8)
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James 3:5‑8• 5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
 7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;
 8but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison. (James 3:5‑8)
• In accusing Job of craftiness, he charges what is untrue; for the poor sufferer had poured out his wretch-edness with no regard for consequences. Whatever he is, Job is no hypocrite. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquityd, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

JND Translation Notes

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Some read "iniquity teacheth thy mouth."