Job 27:4
My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
In Context
3Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
Cross References
Job 6:28Nowe therefore be content to looke vpon me: for I will not lie before your face.
Job 24:25But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, and make my words of no value?
John 8:55Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.
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 →