Job 15:6

Bible in Basic English

It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Your own mouth condemns you, not I;your own lips testify against you.

Hebrew Names Version
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

King James Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

English Standard Version
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.

New Century Version
It is your own mouth, not mine, that shows you are wicked; your own lips testify against you.

New English Translation
Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

Amplified Bible
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

New American Standard Bible
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.

World English Bible
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;And your own lips answer against you.

Berean Standard Bible
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.

Contemporary English Version
I am not here as your judge; your own words are witnesses against you.

Complete Jewish Bible
Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

Darby Translation
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
I don't need to prove to you that you are wrong. The words from your own mouth show that you are wrong. Your own lips speak against you.

George Lamsa Translation
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; yea, your own lips testify against you in my presence.

Good News Translation
There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak.

Lexham English Bible
Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.

Literal Translation
Your mouth condemns you, and not I; yea, your own lips testify against you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thine owne mouth condemneth the, and not I: yee thine owne lippes shappe the an answere.

American Standard Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

King James Version (1611)
Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine owne lippes testifie against thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

English Revised Version
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee.

Update Bible Version
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips testify against thee.

New King James Version
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

New Living Translation
Your own mouth condemns you, not I. Your own lips testify against you.

New Life Bible
Your own mouth says you are guilty, and not I. Your own lips speak against you.

New Revised Standard
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.

Revised Standard Version
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.

Contextual Overview

¹ And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said, ² Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind? ³ Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value? ⁴ Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry. ⁵ For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself. ⁶ It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you. ⁷ Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills? ⁸ Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself? ⁹ What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours? ¹⁰ With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

own mouth: Job 9:20, Psalms 64:8, Matthew 12:37, Matthew 26:65, Luke 19:22

thine own: Job 33:8-12, Job 34:5-9, Job 35:2, Job 35:3, Job 40:8, Job 42:3

Reciprocal: Joshua 24:22 - Ye are witnesses 2 Samuel 1:16 - mouth 1 Kings 20:40 - So shall thy judgment be Job 9:31 - shalt Job 22:5 - not thy Job 22:20 - our substance Matthew 21:31 - The first Matthew 23:31 - witnesses Matthew 25:26 - Thou Luke 11:19 - shall Luke 11:48 - ye bear

Cross-References

Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

Genesis 15:6
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

Genesis 15:14
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

Genesis 15:20
And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

Psalms 106:31
And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.

Romans 4:9
Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

Romans 4:11
And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

2 Corinthians 5:19
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I,.... Or shows thee to be a wicked person, guilty of things charged upon thee; out of thine own mouth thou art convicted, there needs no other evidence to be brought against thee, that is sufficient: and thou savest me, and any other, the trouble of passing the sentence of condemnation upon thee; thou hast done it thyself, thine own mouth is judge and jury, and brings in the verdict, and pronounces it, as well as is the witness, as follows, and is instead of a thousand witnesses, Job 9:20;

yea, thine own lips testify against thee; and therefore there were no need of producing any other testimony; what he had said showed that his talk was vain and unprofitable, unbecoming a wise man, and tending to make null and void the fear of God among men, to discourage all religious exercises, and particularly prayer before God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thine own mouth condemneth thee - That is, the sentiments which you have uttered show that you cannot be a pious man.