Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 31:30
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Berean Standard Bible
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
World English Bible
(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
American Standard Version
(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 31
28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
32 but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
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