Job 15:5

Job 15:5

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3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain¹ prayer before God.

5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

6 ^aYour own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.

7 “Are you the first man who was born?
^aOr were you made before the hills?

8 ^aHave you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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For thy mouth uttereth - In attempting to justify thyself, thou hast added iniquity to sin, and hast endeavored to impute blame to thy Maker.

The tongue of the crafty - Thou hast varnished thy own conduct, and used sophistical arguments to defend thyself. Thou resemblest those cunning persons, arumim , who derive their skill and dexterity from the old serpent, "the nachash, who was arum , subtle, or crafty, beyond all the beasts of the field;" Genesis 3:1. Thy wisdom is not from above, but from beneath.

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