Job 31:30
וְלֹא ־ נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29אִם ־ אֶשְׂמַח בְּפִיד מְשַׂנְאִי וְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּי כִּֽי ־ מְצָאוֹ רָֽע ׃
31אִם ־ לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אָהֳלִי מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרוֹ לֹא נִשְׂבָּֽע ׃
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2כִּי בָּא הַחֲלוֹם בְּרֹב עִנְיָן וְקוֹל כְּסִיל בְּרֹב דְּבָרִֽים ׃
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 →