Job 27:5
Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.
Bible in Basic English
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
4Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
Job 13:15Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;
Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
Job 32:3And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.
Job 42:7And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
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 →