Job 6:30 “Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?”

Job 6:30

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?

American Standard Version

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Geneva Bible 1599

Not included in this translation.

Darby Translation

Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Young's Literal Translation

Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

Bible in Basic English

Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

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Cross references

“iniquity”

Job 33:8–12 Job 42:3–6

Job 33:8–12 · BSB

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

Job 42:3–6 · BSB

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.

“cannot”

Job 12:11 Job 6:6 Job 34:3 Hebrews 5:14

Job 12:11 · BSB

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

Job 6:6 · BSB

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?

Job 34:3 · BSB

For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

Hebrews 5:14 · BSB

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

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