KJV ORIGINAL
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your own words reveal your guilt, and you choose to speak with the cunning tongue of the deceitful.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Eliphaz is accusing Job of revealing his own sin through his words and choosing to speak deceptively.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Eliphaz's second speech to Job, where he continues to argue that Job's suffering must be due to his own hidden sins. In ancient Near Eastern wisdom tradition, friends were expected to offer counsel, but Eliphaz represents the conventional wisdom that suffering always results from personal wrongdoing. He's essentially saying that Job's protests of innocence are actually proving his guilt.
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