Job 27:5
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
Majority Standard Bible
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 not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
2 Corinthians 1:12For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the integrity and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in 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 →