Job 27:5
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
In Context
4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [they] judge them, then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the iniquitous.
Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 32:3His anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 42:7And it was so, that, after LORD had spoken these words to Job, LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. For ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Jo
2 Corinthians 1:12For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.
Matthew Henry on Job 27:2-7
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so… Read the whole commentary →