Job 27:6
I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Far be it from me that I should justify you. Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
7Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
Cross References
Job 2:3And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m
Job 31:7if my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has clung to my hands,
Proverbs 4:13Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.
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 →