Bible Strands
Job 15:13
so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job during the second cycle of their dialogues, responding immediately to Job’s defiant questions about divine justice in verse 12.
The words — תָשִׁיב (ta.Shiv) means “you will turn,” and מִלִּין (mi.Lin) means “words.” The verse literally records Eliphaz accusing Job of redirecting his inner disposition against God while speaking defiantly.
The thread — The conflict between human speech and divine authority runs through James 3:2, which states that controlling the tongue requires complete self-mastery, and Job 9:4, which observes that no one can successfully resist God’s wisdom and strength.
Why it lands — It requires a reader to distinguish between honest lament and defiant questioning before speaking about God. The text demands that speech be examined for its underlying posture rather than accepted as mere inquiry.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
Cross-references
- Job 15:25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- James 3:2 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.
- Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Job 10:3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- Job 12:6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
- Psalms 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
- Malachi 3:13 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
- Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- James 1:26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.