American Standard Version
"For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. "
— Job 15:5, American Standard Version
“For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.”
“For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.”
“Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.”
“For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.”
“For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.”
“For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.”
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?