Job 15:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 15:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 15:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. uttereth: Heb. teacheth" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 15:5 — KJV
“For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. uttereth: Heb. teacheth”
— Job 15:5 (KJV)
Job 15:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 15:5
“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity: or, iniquity”
Shares key themes with Job 15:5: mouth, iniquity, tongue
“And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. laid...: Heb. caused it to touch”
Shares key themes with Job 15:5: mouth, thine, iniquity
“And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. audience: Heb. ears”
Shares key themes with Job 15:5: thine, iniquity, heb
“Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. by: Heb. by the hand of from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth”
Shares key themes with Job 15:5: mouth, thine, heb
“The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. in...: Heb. before thine eyes”
Shares key themes with Job 15:5: thine, iniquity, heb
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