Job 31:30

31:30 I ¹  have not even permitted my mouth ²  to sin

by asking ³  for his life through a curse –

[31:30]  ¹ tn This verse would then be a parenthesis in which he stops to claim his innocence.

[31:30]  ² tn Heb “I have not given my palate.”

[31:30]  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.