Job 6:30
And you will not find iniquity on my tongue, nor will foolishness resound in my throat.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
In Context
29Respond, I beg you, without contention, and, speaking what is just, pass judgment.
Cross References
Job 11:4For you said: “My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight.”
Job 33:8For you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:
Job 42:3So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:23-30
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look… Read the whole commentary →