Job 27:6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
Cross References
Job 2:3And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move Me against him, to destroy him without cause.'
Job 31:7If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands;
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
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 →