Job 31:30

I ¹  have not even permitted my mouth ²  to sin by asking ³  for his life through a curse –

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against his life—

"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.

No, I have never cursed anyone or asked for revenge.

No, I never said a word of detraction, never cursed them, even under my breath.

(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse—

(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);

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.