Job 31:30

30 non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum ut expeterem maledicens animam eius

Job 31:30 Meaning and Commentary

Job 31:30

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin
Which, as it is the instrument of speech, is often the means of much sin; particularly of cursing men, and expressing much bitterness against enemies; but Job laid an embargo upon it, kept it as with a bridle, restrained it from uttering any evil, or wishing any to his worst adversaries; which is difficult to do, when provocations are given, as follows:

by wishing a curse to his soul;
not to his soul as distinct from his body, being the superior excellency and immortal part; that it be everlastingly damned, as wicked men wish to their own souls, and the souls of others, but to his person, wishing some calamity might befall him, some disease seize upon him, or that God would take him away by death: Job would never suffer himself to wish anything of this kind unto his enemy.

Job 31:30 In-Context

28 quae est iniquitas maxima et negatio contra Deum altissimum
29 si gavisus sum ad ruinam eius qui me oderat et exultavi quod invenisset eum malum
30 non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum ut expeterem maledicens animam eius
31 si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei quis det de carnibus eius ut saturemur
32 foris non mansit peregrinus ostium meum viatori patuit
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