Job 15:6
“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.”
What does Job 15:6 mean?
Eliphaz is challenging Job's claim of innocence, insisting that Job's own words prove his guilt. When Job protests that he doesn't deserve his suffering, Eliphaz throws this back at him: you're contradicting yourself, so your situation must be your own fault. It's a harsh moment in the conversation between Job and his friends, representing the common assumption that suffering always results from personal wrongdoing. The verse reminds us how easily we can turn someone's pain into evidence of their failure, rather than simply sitting with them in it.