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The Book of Job, Chapter 15, Verse 5

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Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
King James Version
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
American Standard Version
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
New English Translation
Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
World English Bible
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
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Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
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Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
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With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
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Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
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That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
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What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.