Job 6:30

In 10 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?my taste: Heb. my palate

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Is there perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth.

JPS

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?

LXXE

For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥י עַוְלָ֑ה אִם־חִ֝כִּ֗י לֹא־יָבִ֥ין הַוּֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γλώσσῃ μουἄδικον, ἢ ὁ λάρυγξ μου οὐχὶ σύνεσιν μελετᾷ.

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• Job 34:3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
• Job 6:6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
• Job 33:8–12Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. He puts my…
• Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
• Job 42:3–6You 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. You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and…

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