Job 6:30

Translations

Modern

Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?

Traditional

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Literal

Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern malice?

Latin

Et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem, nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit.

Original

Hebrew

English

Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?

Notes

Job 6:30

Can my mouth not discern malice?: Job might have been referring to his earlier comment about a "tasteless" and unpleasant diet (6:6–7).

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Job 12:11
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Job 34:3
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
Job 6:6
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
Job 42:3–6
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Job 33:8–12
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

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