Job 6:30

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

Is there {H3426} iniquity {H5766} in my tongue {H3956}? cannot my taste {H2441} discern {H995} perverse things {H1942}?

Am I saying something wrong? Can't I recognize trouble when I taste it?

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Job 12:11 (5 votes)

    Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

  • Job 6:6 (4 votes)

    Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?

  • Job 42:3 (3 votes)

    Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • Job 42:6 (3 votes)

    Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

  • Job 33:8 (3 votes)

    ¶ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

  • Job 33:12 (3 votes)

    Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

  • Job 34:3 (3 votes)

    For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.