Job 27:5
God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
In Context
4My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1When there shall be strife betweene men, and they shall come vnto iudgement, and sentence shall be giuen vpon them, and the righteous shall be iustified, and the wicked condemned,
Job 13:15Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.
Job 29:14I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.
Job 32:3Also his anger was kindled against his three friends, because they could not finde an answere, and yet condemned Iob.
Job 42:7Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, ye Lord also said vnto Eliphaz ye Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for yee haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
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 →