Job 15:5 Go deeper

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. (KJV)

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כִּ֤יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 1

יְאַלֵּ֣ףye.'a.Lefit teaches

Lemma: אָלַף (a.laph) · Strong's: H0502

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)

Meaning: to teach/learn

Used 4 times. Also: Job 33:33, Job 35:11, Proverbs 22:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0502; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 2

עֲוֹנְךָ֣'a.vo.ne.Khainiquity your

Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: iniquity: crime

Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 3

פִ֑יךָFi.khamouth your

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 4

וְ֝תִבְחַ֗רve.tiv.Charso you may choose

Lemma: בָּחַר (ba.char) · Strong's: H0977

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqu2ms)

Meaning: to choose

Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 13:11, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 16:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0977; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 5

לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shon[the] tongue of

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 6

עֲרוּמִֽים\׃'a.ru.Mimcrafty [people]

Lemma: עָרוּם (a.rum) · Strong's: H6175

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: prudent

Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Job 5:12, Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 14:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6175; TAHOT Job 15:5 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
your iniquity	→	עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime
instructs	→	אָלַף H0502 to teach/learn
your mouth	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
and you choose	→	בָּחַר H0977 to choose
the language	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
of the crafty	→	עָרוּם H6175 prudent

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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