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Job 31:30
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I have not allowed my mouth to sinby asking for his life with a curse.
(Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),
I have not let my mouth sin by cursing my enemies' life.
I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse—
"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.
"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.
(Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
But I have not given over my mouth to sinBy asking for his life in a curse—
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse-
Neither have I sinned by asking God to send down on them the curse of death.
No, I did not allow my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.
(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
I have never let my mouth sin by cursing my enemies and wishing for them to die.
(But I have neither suffered my mouth to sin, nor has my soul wished for any of these things;
no, I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to ask his life with a curse.
also I have not given my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;
I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a sinne, as to wysh him euell.
(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
(Neither haue I suffered my mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to his soule.)
I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.
let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.
(Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
for Y yaf not my throte to do synne, that Y schulde asaile and curse his soule;
(Yes, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);
No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.
No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life to be cursed.
I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse—
Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse);
Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have: Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:5, Matthew 5:43, Matthew 5:44, Romans 12:14, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 2:23, 1 Peter 3:9
mouth: Heb. palate, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 12:36, James 3:6, James 3:9, James 3:10
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:6 - the Lord forbid 2 Samuel 16:9 - let me go Job 33:2 - mouth Job 34:3 - mouth
Cross-References
Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. He got all his wealth from what our father owned."
He also saw that Laban was no longer as friendly as he had been earlier.
You both know that I have worked for your father with all my strength.
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father.
"On that night I will go through the land of Egypt, killing every first-born male, both human and animal, and punishing all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord .
who were burying the first-born sons that the Lord had killed. By doing this, the Lord showed that he was more powerful than the gods of Egypt.
But Joash said to all those who confronted him, "Are you arguing for Baal? Are you defending him? Anyone who argues for him will be killed before morning. If Baal is a god, let him defend himself. It is his altar that was torn down."
Micah answered, "What do you mean, ‘What's the matter?' You take my priest and the gods that I made, and walk off What have I got left?"
When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away.
and burned up their gods—which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin,.... Which, as it is the instrument of speech, is often the means of much sin; particularly of cursing men, and expressing much bitterness against enemies; but Job laid an embargo upon it, kept it as with a bridle, restrained it from uttering any evil, or wishing any to his worst adversaries; which is difficult to do, when provocations are given, as follows:
by wishing a curse to his soul; not to his soul as distinct from his body, being the superior excellency and immortal part; that it be everlastingly damned, as wicked men wish to their own souls, and the souls of others, but to his person, wishing some calamity might befall him, some disease seize upon him, or that God would take him away by death: Job would never suffer himself to wish anything of this kind unto his enemy.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Neither have I suffered my mouth - Margin, as in Hebrew, palate. The word is often used for the mouth in general, and especially as the organ of the voice from the use and importance of the palate in speaking. Proverbs 8:7. “For my palate (חכי chikiy) speaketh truth.” It is used as the organ of taste, Job 12:11; compare Job 6:30; Psalms 119:103.
By wishing a curse to his soul - It must have been an extraordinary degree of piety which would permit a man to say this with truth, that he had never harbored a wish of injury to an enemy. Few are the people, probably, even now, who could say this, and who are enabled to keep their minds free from every wish that calamities and woes may overtake those who are seeking their hurt. Yet this is the nature of true religion. It controls the heart, represses the angry and revengeful feelings, and creates in the soul an earnest desire for the happiness even of those who injure us.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 31:30. Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin — I have neither spoken evil of him, nor wished evil to him. How few of those called Christians can speak thus concerning their enemies; or those who have done them any mischief!
