Job 27:5
Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked,
Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 32:3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 42:7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: 'My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job hath.
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 →