Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- KJV Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
- BSB Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; 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
Cross-references · 10
- Luke 19:22“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
- Job 9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
- Matt 12:37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
- Ps 64:8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
- Job 35:2–3“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
- Job 33:8–12“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
- Job 40:8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
- Job 34:5–9For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
- Matt 26:65Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
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