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Job 15:5

Hebrew
ESV
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
NIV
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
NLT
Your sins are telling your mouth what to say. Your words are based on clever deception.
LXX
ἔνοχος εἶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν
KJV
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:4 ← Job 15:5 → Job 15:6

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