Job 15:6
Good News Translation
There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak.

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

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

New American Bible
Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips refute you.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.

own mouth

Job 9:20 If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

Psalm 64:8 And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Matthew 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed: What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Luke 19:22 He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.

thine own

Job 33:8-12 Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words: . . .

Job 34:5-9 For Job hath said: I am just, and God hath overthrown my judgment. . . .

Job 35:2,3 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God? . . .

Job 40:8 Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

Job 42:3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers. 6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?…
Cross References
Job 9:20
If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

Job 18:7
The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

Job 15:5
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