Job 27:5
I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.
Free Bible Version
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 will never speak lies, my tongue will never be dishonest.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there is some legal argument between two people, they are to go to court to have the case judged, in order to justify the one who is right and condemn the one who is wrong.
Job 13:15Even though he kills me, I will hope in him. I am still going to defend my ways before him.
Job 29:14Being true and acting right were what I wore for clothing.
Job 32:3Elihu was also angry at Job's three friends because they made it seem that God was wrong, because they had not been able to answer Job.
Job 42:7After the Lord had finished speaking to Job he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.
2 Corinthians 1:12We take pride in the fact—and our conscience confirms it—that we have acted properly towards people, and especially to you. We have followed God's principles of holiness and sincerity, not according to worldly wisdom but through 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 →