Job 27:5
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.
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 long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- KJV
- God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
- WEB
- Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- ASV
- Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
- DARBY
- Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
- BLB
- Far be it from me that I justify you⁺; until I die, I will not turn aside my integrity from me.
- ÅB
- Det være langt fra meg å gi dere rett! Inntil jeg oppgir ånden, lar jeg ikke min brødefrihet tas fra meg.
- OTB
- Det er langt fra meg å si at dere har rett;
Inntil jeg dør, vil jeg ikke oppgi min integritet. - B1930
- Det være langt fra mig å gi eder rett! Inntil jeg opgir ånden, lar jeg ikke min brødefrihet tas fra mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Read in contextJob 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Read in contextJob 42:7
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Read in contextProverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Read in contextJob 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Read in contextJob 32:3
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Read in contextGalatians 2:11
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
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