31:30 I 1 have not even permitted my mouth 2 to sin
by asking 3 for his life through a curse –
1 tn This verse would then be a parenthesis in which he stops to claim his innocence.
2 tn Heb “I have not given my palate.”
3 tn The infinitive construct with the ל (lamed) preposition (“by asking”) serves in an epexegetical capacity here, explaining the verb of the first colon (“permitted…to sin”). To seek a curse on anyone would be a sin.