Job 27:6
I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
Cross References
Job 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Job 31:7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool in my boasting, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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 →