Job 27:6
I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
7May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!
Cross References
Job 2:3Then said Jehovah to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him upon the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst excite me against him to destroy him without a cause.
Job 31:7If my steps have turned aside from the way, And my heart gone after mine eyes, Or if any stain hath cleaved to my hand,
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; Keep her, for she is thy life.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool; it is ye that compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the very foremost apostles, 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 →