Job 27:4
Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
In Context
3As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
5God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
Cross References
Job 6:28Look now upon me, I pray you; For to your very face can I speak falsehood?
Job 24:25If it be not so, who will confute me, And show my discourse to be worthless?
John 8:55yet ye know him not; but I know him. And if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you. But I know him, and 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 →