Job 15:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָךְ

Transliteration

yaršîʿăḵā p̄îḵā wə-lōʾ-ʾānî û-śəp̄āteḵā yaʿănû-ḇāḵ

Grammar Details

*yaršîʿăḵā*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - it condemns you
*p̄îḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mouth
*wə-lōʾ-ʾānî*: conjunction + negative particle + 1st person singular pronoun - and not I
*û-śəp̄āteḵā*: conjunction + noun, feminine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your lips
*yaʿănû-ḇāḵ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - they testify against you

Word Meanings

*rāšaʿ*: to condemn, declare guilty, convict
*peh*: mouth, opening, speech
*śāp̄āh*: lip, speech, edge, border
*ʿānāh*: to answer, respond, testify

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 19:22 : 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Matt 12:37 : 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Job 9:20 : 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 33:8-9 : 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Job 34:5-9 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Job 35:2-3 : 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job 42:3 : 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall{H8686)} upon themselves: all that see{H8802)} them shall flee away{H8709)}.
Matt 26:65 : 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying , He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

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