Job 31:30

let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a by-word among my people in my affliction.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

31And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:2For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33

Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →

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