the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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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;
I never sinned by praying for their death.
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.
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
Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has acquired all this wealth."
And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
And you know that with all my might I have served your father.
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's.
"For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them. Also on their gods the LORD had executed judgments.
But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Would you plead for Baal? Would you save him? Let the one who would plead for him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead for himself, because his altar has been torn down!"
So he said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, "What ails you?"'
And they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away.
and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands--wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.
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. âFor my palate (××× chikiy) speaketh truth.â 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!
