Your sin inspires ¹  your mouth; you choose the language ²  of the crafty. ³ 

biblegateway Job 15:5

"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.

Your iniquity teaches you what to say, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose to talk with a sly tongue.

biblegateway Job 15:5

Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

bibleoremus Job 15:5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Your iniquity dictates what you say, and deceit is your chosen language.

biblegateway Job 15:5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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

biblegateway Job 15:5

Your sin inspires ¹  your mouth; you choose the language ²  of the crafty. ³ 

¹ tn The verb אַלֵּף (’allef) 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.”

² tn Heb “tongue.”

³ tn The word means “shrewd; crafty; cunning” (see Gen 3:1). Job uses clever speech that is misleading and destructive.