King James Version
Job 31:30 in the King James Version says “Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. mouth: Heb. palate” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. mouth: Heb. palate”
Job 31:30 · KJV
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. mouth: Heb. palate
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. traveller: or, way
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Neither have I suffered”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“to sin”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
“my mouth”
H2441properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
“to his soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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