That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Parallel translations
- KJV That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
- BSB as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- NKJV That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?
- NASB That you can turn your spirit against God And produce such words from your mouth?
- NLT that you turn against God and say all these evil things?
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Quick answer
Eliphaz charges that Job has turned his spirit against God. He accuses Job of rash, defiant speech.
Overview
Eliphaz claims Job turns his 'spirit against God' and lets reckless 'words go out' of his mouth. He casts Job's honest wrestling as rebellion against the Almighty. While Job's words are sometimes raw, the book's verdict is that he spoke rightly of God, unlike his accusers, exposing Eliphaz's misjudgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Job 15:25–27Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
- Jas 3:2–6For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.
- Job 10:3Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Ps 34:13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
- Jas 1:26If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
- Rom 8:7–8because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
- Job 9:4God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
- Mal 3:13“Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
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