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Job 15:4–6

But you are doing away with the fear of God1

and hindering meditation before God.

For your iniquity teaches your mouth,

and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Your vown mouth condemns you, and not I;

wyour own lips testify against you.

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Job 15:4–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

But you even undermine piety

and hinder devotion to God.

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 15:4–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Job 15:4–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Have you no fear of God,

no reverence for him?

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.

Job 15:4–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Yes, you cast off fear,

And restrain prayer before God.

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 15:4–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

But you even destroy respect for God

and limit the worship of him.

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 15:4–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Yea, thou doest away with fear,

And hinderest devotion before God.

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 15:4–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before •God. 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 15:4–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Yes, you destroy the fear ⸤of God⸥ 

and diminish devotion to God. 

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 15:4–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But you even undermine the fear of God

and hinder meditation before Him.

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 15:4–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

But you are doing away with the fear of God,

and hindering meditation before God.

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 15:4–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

“What is worse, you yourself are doing away with fear,

and you are lessening meditation before God.

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 15:4–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But you even cause others to lose their respect for God.

You make it hard for them to be faithful to him.

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 15:4–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Indeed, you do away with reverence

And hinder meditation before God.

“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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