Job 15:13
11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
15 If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- KJV
- That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
- WEB
- that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
- ASV
- That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
- DARBY
- That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
- BLB
- that you should turn your spirit against God, and bring out [such] words out of your mouth?
- ÅB
- siden du vender din vrede mot Gud og lar ordene strømme fra din munn.
- OTB
- så du vender din ånd mot Gud
og uttaler slike ord? - B1930
- siden du vender din vrede mot Gud og lar ordene strømme fra din munn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:2–6
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
Read in contextJob 15:25–27
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Read in contextPsalms 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Read in contextJob 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
Read in contextMalachi 3:13
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
Read in contextJob 10:3
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
Read in contextRomans 8:7–8
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Read in contextJob 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
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