Job 6:30
Good News Translation
But you think I am lying--you think I can't tell right from wrong.

New Revised Standard Version
Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?

Contemporary English Version
I know right from wrong, and I am not telling lies.

New American Bible
Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

iniquity.

Job 33:8-12 Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words: . . .

Job 42:3-6 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. . . .

cannot.

Job 6:6 Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which, when tasted, bringeth death?

Job 12:11 Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste?

Job 34:3 For the ear trieth words, and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste.

Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat is for the perfect: for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.

taste.

Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
29Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye. 30And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth.
Cross References
Genesis 37:33
And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

Job 12:11
Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste?

Job 6:29
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