Job 27:5
Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
Darby Translation
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
4My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge [their case]; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Job 13:15Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
Job 32:3and against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and [yet] condemned Job.
Job 42:7And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards 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 →