Job 15:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִים

Transliteration

kî yəʾallēp̄ ʿăwōnḵā p̄îḵā wə-tiḇḥar ləšôn ʿărûmîm

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for, because
• *yəʾallēp̄*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it teaches/trains
• *ʿăwōnḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your iniquity
• *p̄îḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mouth
• *wə-tiḇḥar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you choose
• *ləšôn*: noun, feminine singular - tongue/language
• *ʿărûmîm*: adjective, masculine plural - crafty/shrewd ones

Word Meanings

• *ʾālap̄*: to teach, instruct, train
• *ʿāwōn*: iniquity, guilt, punishment
• *peh*: mouth, opening, speech
• *bāḥar*: to choose, select, elect
• *lāšôn*: tongue, language, speech
• *ʿārûm*: crafty, shrewd, cunning

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thine iniquity{H5771} teacheth{H502} thy mouth,{H6310} And thou choosest{H977} the tongue{H3956} of the crafty.{H6175}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thy mouth{H6310} uttereth{H502}{(H8762)} thine iniquity{H5771}, and thou choosest{H977}{(H8799)} the tongue{H3956} of the crafty{H6175}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

Referenced Verses

• Job 5:13 : 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
• Job 9:22-24 : 22 It makes no difference; therefore, I declare: He destroys both the blameless and the wicked. 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
• Job 12:6 : 6 "The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."
• Ps 50:19-20 : 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
• Ps 52:2-4 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.' 3 Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long. 4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
• Ps 64:3 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.
• Ps 120:2-3 : 2 LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. 3 What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue?
• Jer 9:3-5 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander. 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing. 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
• Jer 9:8 : 8 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
• Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Luke 6:45 : 45 A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
• Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.
• Jas 3:5-8 : 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.