Job 15:3-5
King James Version
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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Job 15:3-5
New King James Version
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain [a]prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Footnotes
- Job 15:4 meditation or complaint
Job 15:3-5
English Standard Version
3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God[a]
and hindering meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Footnotes
- Job 15:4 Hebrew lacks of God
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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