Job 31 · Verse 30

Job 31:30

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Job 31:30, King James Version

Job 31:30 in other translations

BSBI have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
WEB(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
ASV(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
YLTYea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
DARBY(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
BBE(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
WebsterNeither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

What does Job 31:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
30. mouth--literally, "palate." (See on Job 6:30). wishing--literally, "so as to demand his (my enemy's) soul," that is, "life by a curse." This verse parenthetically confirms Job 31:30. Job in the patriarchal age of the promise, anterior to the law, realizes the Gospel spirit, which was the end of the law (compare Le 19:18; De 23:6, with Mt 5:43, 44).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 31:24-32

Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send…

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Job 31:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI have permittedH5414
לַחֲטֹ֣אla.cha.To'to sinH2398
חִכִּ֑יchi.Kipalate myH2441
לִשְׁאֹ֖לlish.'Olby asking forH7592
בְּאָלָ֣הbe.'a.Lahby a curseH423
נַפְשֽׁוֹ\׃naf.Sholife hisH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 31:30

  • 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.

  • Romans 12:14

    Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

  • Matthew 5:43-44

    Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

  • Matthew 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.

  • James 3:9-10

    Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  • Exodus 23:4-5

    If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

  • 1 Peter 2:22-23

    Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

  • James 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.

  • Matthew 12:36

    But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:6

    Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Ecclesiastes 5:2

    Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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have.
Ex 23:4,5; Mt 5:43,44; Ro 12:14; 1Pe 2:22,23; 3:9
mouth. Heb. palate.
Ec 5:2,6; Mt 5:22; 12:36; Jas 3:6,9,10

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Context

  • Job 31:29

    If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  • Job 31:30

    Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

  • Job 31:31

    If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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Job 31:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
(Que ni aun entregué al pecado mi paladar, pidiendo maldición para su alma;)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Même je n’ai pas permis à ma bouche de pécher, de demander sa vie par une exécration;…
German
Elberfelder 1871
nie habe ich ja meinem Gaumen erlaubt, zu sündigen, durch einen Fluch seine Seele zu fordern; -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.