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For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
“For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Your mouth multiplies your sins a thousand times; you opt for a clever tongue.
Your iniquity is teaching you how to speak, and deceit is your language of choice.
And your sinful, scheming mind is the source of all you say.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
What you say clearly shows your sin. Job, you are trying to hide your sin by using clever words.
It is your sin that causes you to speak like that. You try to say clever things that will deceive people.
Your guilt instructs your mouth. You choose deceptive language.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Your ·sin [iniquity] teaches your mouth what to say; you ·use words to trick others [L choose the tongue of the crafty].
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquity, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose ⌞to talk with⌟ a sly tongue.
Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words.
Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Your sin teaches your mouth what to say. You use the same words as people who trick others.
Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty.
For thy mouth has declared thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
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,
Eliphaz of Teman spoke a second time: “If you were truly wise, would you sound so much like a windbag, belching hot air? Would you talk nonsense in the middle of a serious argument, babbling baloney? Look at you! You trivialize religion, turn spiritual conversation into empty gossip. It’s your sin that taught you to talk this way. You chose an education in fraud. Your own words have exposed your guilt. It’s nothing I’ve said—you’ve incriminated yourself! Do you think you’re the first person to have to deal with these things? Have you been around as long as the hills? Were you listening in when God planned all this? Do you think you’re the only one who knows anything? What do you know that we don’t know? What insights do you have that we’ve missed? Gray beards and white hair back us up— old folks who’ve been around a lot longer than you. Are God’s promises not enough for you, spoken so gently and tenderly? Why do you let your emotions take over, lashing out and spitting fire, Pitting your whole being against God by letting words like this come out of your mouth? Do you think it’s possible for any mere mortal to be sinless in God’s sight, for anyone born of a human mother to get it all together? Why, God can’t even trust his holy angels. He sees the flaws in the very heavens themselves, So how much less we humans, smelly and foul, who lap up evil like water?
For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose to talk with a sly tongue.
Because your wickedness instructs your mouth, and you choose to speak like the crafty.
For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning.
“For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
because your iniquity dictates what you say and you choose to exhibit a deceitful tongue.
Your sin teaches your mouth what to say; you use words to trick others.
Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
Your sin makes you say evil things. You talk like people who twist the truth.
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
You show your sin by what you say. You are trying to hide behind your words.
Your sins are telling your mouth what to say. Your words are based on clever deception.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For thy mouth uttereth thine avon, and thou choosest the leshon arumim (tongue of the crafty).
“For your mouth declares your iniquity, seeing you have chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
For your faults inform your speech, and your language is tricky.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
For [thy] wickedness hath taught thy mouth, and thou followest the tongue of blasphemers.
For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
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