"For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty." Eliphaz suggests that Job's own guilt is expressed through his speech. The tongue reveals the heart; Job's eloquence betrays his wickedness. The verse reflects the friends' conviction that Job's suffering proves his guilt, and his vigorous defense proves his deviousness. He is trapped by their logic: suffering proves guilt, and denying guilt proves corruption.

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