Job 31:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁰ I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin By wishing a curse to his soul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ No, I have let my mouth sin neither by cursing my enemy nor by praying that he might die–

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ (Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

Common English Bible

³⁰ I didn’t let my mouth sin by asking for their life with a curse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ (For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul).

Job 31:30 Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Never be rash with your mouth nor let your heart be quick to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter,

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.