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Job 15:5–6

Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.

Your words are based on clever deception.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I.

Your own lips testify against you.

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Job 15:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Your sin prompts your mouth;

you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;

your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

For your iniquity teaches your mouth,

and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Job 15:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For your iniquity teaches your mouth,

And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

Yes, your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Your sin teaches your mouth what to say;

you use words to trick others.

It is your own mouth, not mine, that shows you are wicked;

your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth,

And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I;

Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Job 15:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

Job 15:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Your sin teaches you what to say. 

You choose ⸤to talk with⸥ a sly tongue. 

Your ⸤own⸥ mouth condemns you, not I. 

Your lips testify against you. 

Job 15:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Your iniquity teaches you what to say,

and you choose the language of the crafty.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I;

your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For your iniquity teaches your mouth,

and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

your own lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For your iniquity teaches your mouth,

and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Your mouth condemns you, and not I;

and your lips testify against you.

Job 15:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Your sin makes you say evil things.

You talk like people who twist the truth.

Your own mouth judges you, not mine.

Your own lips witness against you.

Job 15:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,

And you choose the language of the crafty.

“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

And your own lips testify against you.


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