“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
“Indeed, you do away with [a]reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
“For (A)your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of (B)the crafty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:4 Lit fear

Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(A)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(B)
Your sin(C) prompts your mouth;(D)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(E)

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