Job 27:4
My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
In Context
3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
5Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
Cross References
Job 6:28Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
Job 24:25If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
John 8:55And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should 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 →