Job 6:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:11 : 11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
  • Job 33:8-9 : 8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears: 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me: 10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters; 11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways. 12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.
  • Job 34:3 : 3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out. 4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 5 Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you. 6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
  • Job 6:6 : 6 Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

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