Job 31:30
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
- KJV
- Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
- WEB
- (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
- ASV
- (Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
- DARBY
- (Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
- BLB
- though I had not given my mouth to sin by asking with a curse for his life—
- ÅB
- Nei, jeg tillot ikke min munn å synde ved å forbanne ham og ønske ham døden.
- OTB
- Nei, jeg har ikke tillatt min munn å synde
Ved å be om hans liv i en forbannelse. - B1930
- Nei, jeg tillot ikke min munn å synde ved å forbanne ham og ønske ham døden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Read in contextRomans 12:14
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Read in contextMatthew 5:43–44
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Read in contextMatthew 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Read in contextJames 3:9–10
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Read in contextExodus 23:4–5
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Read in context1 Peter 2:22–23
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Read in contextJames 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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