28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,
For I would have denied God who is above.

29 “If(A) I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him
30 (B)(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for a curse on his [a]soul);

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:30 Or life

28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(A)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(B)

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(C)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(D)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(E)

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