Job 27:4
my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
In Context
3as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Cross References
Job 6:28Such is true, so finish what you have begun. Listen closely, and see if I lie.
Job 24:25But, if this is not so, who is able to prove to me that I have lied and to place my words before God?
John 8:55And yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, then I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
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 →