Job 31:30

30 I ^{▼▼tn This verse would then be a parenthesis in which he stops to claim his innocence.} have not even permitted my mouth ^{▼▼tn Heb “I have not given my palate.”} to sin
by asking ^{▼▼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.} for his life through a curse—