Job 27:5
Far be it from me! that I should justify, you,—Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
4Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.
Job 13:15Lo! he may slay me, [yet], for him, will I wait,—Nevertheless, my ways—unto his face, will I show to be right:
Job 29:14Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;
Job 32:3and, against his three friends, was kindled his anger,—because that they found not a response, and condemned God.
Job 42:7And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.
2 Corinthians 1:12For, our boasting, is, this,—the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, [and] not in fleshly wisdom, but in God’s favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world,—and more abundantly towards you.
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 →