JOB 15:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Thus your wickedness drives your words,
⇔ ≈and you choose the language of crafty people.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασι στόματός σου, οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν.
(Enoⱪos ei ɽaʸmasi stomatos sou, oude diekrinas ɽaʸmata dunastōn. )

BrTr Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

ULT for your iniquity teaches your mouth,
⇔ and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

UST You are wicked, and that is why you say what you do.
⇔ You are talking in the way that deceptive people talk.

BSB For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
⇔ 

OEB Thy guilt instructeth thy mouth,
⇔ And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

WEBBE For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
⇔ and you choose the language of the crafty.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Your sin inspires your mouth;
⇔ you choose the language of the crafty.

LSV For your mouth teaches your iniquity,
And you choose the tongue of the cunning.

FBV It's your sins that are doing the talking, and you are choosing deceptive words.

T4T It is as though your sins are telling you what to say;
⇔ you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

ASV For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth,
⇔ And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

DRA For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

YLT For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

Drby For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

RV For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
(For thine/your iniquity teacheth/teaches thy/your mouth, and thou/you choosest the tongue of the crafty. )

SLT For thy mouth will accustom itself to thine iniquity, and thou wilt choose the tongue of the crafty.

Wbstr For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

KJB-1769 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.[fn]
(For thy/your mouth uttereth thine/your iniquity, and thou/you choosest the tongue of the crafty. )

15.5 uttereth: Heb. teacheth

KJB-1611 [fn]For thy mouth vttereth thine iniquitie, and thou choosest the tongue of the craftie.
(For thy/your mouth uttereth thine/your iniquity, and thou/you choosest the tongue of the craftie.)

15:5 Heb. teacheth.

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
(For thy/your mouth declareth thine/your iniquity, seeing thou/you hast chosen ye/you_all tongue of the crafty. )

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ClVg Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.[fn]
(Docuit because iniquity your mouth your, and imitaris tongue/language blasphemantium. )

15.5 Docuit enim iniquitas. GREG. Iniquitas os docet, quando ex mala vita concipitur, quod pejus dicatur. Imitaris linguam blasphemantium Ibid. Hæretici quasi venerando Deum, humilia, ut carnem et mortem negant, et Ecclesiam hæc confitentem blasphemare dicunt: et si quid adversi ei contigerit, pro hac injuria dicunt fieri, unde ait:

15.5 Docuit because iniquity. GREG. Iniquity mouth teaches, when from evil life concipitur, that peyus let_him_sayur. Imitaris tongue/language blasphemantium Ibid. Hæretici as_if venerando God, humilia, as the_flesh and death negant, and Assembly/Churchm these_things confitentem blasphemare they_say: and when/but_if what adversi to_him contigerit, for this_way inyuria they_say to_be_done, whence he_said:

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֺנְ⁠ךָ֣ פִ֑י⁠ךָ

teaches iniquity_of,your mouth_of,your

Eliphaz is speaking as if Job’s iniquity were a living thing that was teaching his mouth what to say. He means that Job is saying wrong things about God in order to excuse his own sin. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you are saying things to excuse your inquity]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ֝⁠תִבְחַ֗ר לְשׁ֣וֹן עֲרוּמִֽים

and,choose tongue_of crafty

Eliphaz is using the term tongue by association to mean speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you are deliberately speaking as the crafty do] or [you know that you are speaking deceitfully]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

עֲרוּמִֽים

crafty

Eliphaz is using the adjective crafty as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [crafty people]

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