Job 15:5

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Job 15:5


← Job 15:4 Job 15:5 (KJV) Job 15:6 →
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For thy mouthH6310 utterethH502 thine iniquityH5771, and thou choosestH977 the tongueH3956 of the craftyH6175.


Original Hebrew

כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֹנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשֹׁון עֲרוּמִים׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּ֤י
ki H3588 HC for
יְאַלֵּ֣ף
ye.'a.Lef H502 HVpi3ms it teaches
עֲוֺנְ/ךָ֣
'a.vo.ne./Kha H5771 HNcbsc/Sp2ms iniquity/ your
פִ֑י/ךָ
Fi./kha H6310 HNcmsc/Sp2ms mouth/ your
וְ֝/תִבְחַ֗ר
ve./tiv.Char H977 HC/Vqi2ms so/ you may choose
לְשׁ֣וֹן
le.Shon H3956 HNcbsc (the) tongue of
עֲרוּמִֽים
'a.ru.Mim H6175 HAampa crafty (people)
Strong's References
  • H502 — אָלַף (ʼâlaph, aw-lof'): a primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and causatively to teach); learn, teach, utter.
  • H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
  • H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן (lâshôn); also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה (lᵉshônâh); from לָשַׁן (lâshan) H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
  • H5771 — עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, aw-vone'): or עָווֹן (ʻâvôwn); (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (אֲבַד (ʼăbad) H7)), from עָוָה (ʻâvâh) H5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil; fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
  • H6175 — עָרוּם (ʻârûwm, aw-room'): passive participle of עָרַם (ʻâram) H6191; cunning (usually in a bad sense); crafty, prudent, subtil.
  • H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה (pâʼâh) H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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