Job 15:5 | NET2full | STEP | Your sin inspires your mouth ; you choose the language of the crafty .

‏ Job 15:5

5 Your sin inspires ^{▼▼tn The verb אַלֵּף (ʾallef) has the meaning of “to teach; to instruct,” but it is unlikely that the idea of revealing is intended. If the verb is understood metonymically, then “to inspire; to prompt” will be sufficient. Dahood and others find another root, and render the verb “to increase,” reversing subject and object: “your mouth increases your iniquity.”} your mouth;
you choose the language ^{▼▼tn Heb “tongue.”} of the crafty. ^{▼▼tn The word means “shrewd; crafty; cunning” (see Gen 3:1). Job uses clever speech that is misleading and destructive.}