Job 27:6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Cross References
Job 2:3And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.
Job 31:7If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also 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 →