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Job 31:30
30No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.
Job 31:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
- New International Version (NIV)I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—
- English Standard Version (ESV)(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),
- New King James Version (NKJV)(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);
Context of Job 31:30
28This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above. 29“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me], Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him? No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By cursing my enemy and asking for his life. 31I assure you, the men of my tent have said, ‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’? 32The stranger has not lodged in the street, Because I have opened my door to the traveler.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:30 word by word
וְלֹא־נָתַ֣תִּי לַחֲטֹ֣א חִכִּ֑י לִשְׁאֹ֖ל בְּאָלָ֣ה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:30
- Exodus 23:4“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering off, you must bring it back to him.
- Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor (fellow man) and hate your enemy.’
- Romans 12:14Bless those who persecute you [who cause you harm or hardship]; bless and do not curse [them].
- 1 Peter 2:22He committed no sin, nor was deceit ever found in His mouth.
- 1 Peter 3:9and never return evil for evil or insult for insult [avoid scolding, berating, and any kind of abuse], but on the contrary, give a blessing [pray for one another’s well-being, contentment, and protection]; for you have been called for this very purpose, that you might inherit a blessing [from God that brings well-being, happiness, and protection].
- Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be hasty with your mouth [speaking careless words or vows] or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.
- Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell.
- Matthew 12:36But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak.
- James 3:6And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).
Commentaries on Job 31:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Neither 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!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Neither 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; Psalm 119:103. By wishing a curse to his soul - It must have been an extraordinary degree of piety which would permit a man to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 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 judgments upon a nation. 3. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin: See Proverbs 24:17–18; compare 2 Samuel 16:5–8. Speaking evil against (a curse) anyone went against the spirit of the sixth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:17; see Matthew 5:21–22). It was against God's will to seek revenge (Matthew 5:43–44; Romans 12:14; James 3:6–10; 1 Peter 3:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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