Job 27:5
Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I depart hence will I not allow [any one] to take my integrity away from me.
Leeser Tanakh
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
4Shall my lips not speak any wrong, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto a court of justice, and they judge them; and they justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked:
Job 13:15Lo, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: only I will argue my own ways before him.
Job 29:14I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me.
Job 32:3And against his three friends was his wrath kindled; because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 42:7And it came to pass, after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Themanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job.
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 →