Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- BSB Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- NKJV Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- NASB “Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
- NLT Your own mouth condemns you, not I. Your own lips testify against you.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz claims Job's own words condemn him. He says Job convicts himself by his speech.
Overview
Eliphaz declares, 'Your own mouth condemns you, and not I.' He treats Job's protests as self-incriminating testimony. By this Eliphaz avoids proving any specific charge, instead turning Job's honest words into supposed evidence of guilt, a tactic that mistakes lament for confession.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
- Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- Matt 12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Job 42:3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- Ps 64:8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Job 35:2–3Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
- Job 33:8–12Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
- Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
- Job 34:5–9For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
- Matt 26:65Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
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