Job 6:30
28 But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
- KJV
- Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
- WEB
- Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
- ASV
- Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
- DARBY
- Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
- BLB
- Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern malice?
- ÅB
- Er det urett på min tunge, eller skulle min gane ikke merke hva som er ondt?
[^1]: d.e. ved mine lidelser. - OTB
- Er det noen ondskap på min tunge?
Skjønner ikke min munn ulykke? - B1930
- Er det urett på min tunge, eller skulde min gane ikke merke hvad som er ondt?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 12:11
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Read in contextJob 34:3
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
Read in contextJob 6:6
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?
Read in contextJob 33:8–12
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
Read in contextJob 42:3–6
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Read in contextHebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Read in context