Job 15:6 “Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against…”

Job 15:6

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

World English Bible

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

American Standard Version

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

Darby Translation

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

Young's Literal Translation

Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

Bible in Basic English

It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

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Cross references

“own mouth”

Luke 19:22 Job 9:20 Matthew 12:37 Psalm 64:8 Matthew 26:65

Luke 19:22 · BSB

His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Job 9:20 · BSB

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

Matthew 12:37 · BSB

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Psalm 64:8 · BSB

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Matthew 26:65 · BSB

At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

“thine own”

Job 33:8–12 Job 34:5–9 Job 40:8 Job 42:3 Job 35:2 Job 35:3

Job 33:8–12 · BSB

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

Job 34:5–9 · BSB

For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 40:8 · BSB

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Job 42:3 · BSB

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 35:2 · BSB

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

Job 35:3 · BSB

For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

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