Job 27:4
My lips do not speak perverseness, || And my tongue does not utter deceit.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
In Context
3For all the while my breath [is] in me, || And the wind of God in my nostrils.
5Defilement to me—if I justify you, || Until I expire I do not turn aside my integrity from me.
Cross References
Job 6:28And now, please, look on me, || Even to your face do I lie?
Job 24:25And if not now, who proves me a liar, || And makes my word of nothing?”
John 8:55and you have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I will be like you—speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and I keep His word;
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 →