Job 27:4
surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
In Context
3(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
5Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Cross References
Job 6:28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
Job 24:25If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
John 8:55You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. 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 →