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Job 15:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.


Job 15:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:57 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יְאַלֵּ֣ףyəʾalēp
it teachesverbH502
teach · utter
עֲוֺנְ/ךָ֣ʿăwōnəkā
iniquity yournounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
פִ֑י/ךָpiykā
mouth yournounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וְ֝/תִבְחַ֗רwətibəḥar
so you may chooseconjH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
לְשׁ֣וֹןləšwōn
the tongue ofnounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
עֲרוּמִֽיםʿărwmiym
crafty peopleadjH6175
prudent · subtil
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 15:5

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man answer as if speaking into the wind, and fill his belly with burning? We have already said frequently that blessed Job bears a type of the Holy Church universal, and that his friends bear the likeness of heretics, who as it were on the plea of defence of the Lord find occasion of foolish talking, and let loose insulting words against good men; to whom all is displeasing that is thought by the faithful, as though…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §27
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the aut...
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