Job 27:6
4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
- KJV
- My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- WEB
- I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
- ASV
- My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
- DARBY
- My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
- BLB
- My righteousness I hold fast, and I will not let go; my heart shall not reproach [me] in my days.
- ÅB
- Jeg holder fast på min rettferdighet og slipper den ikke; mitt hjerte laster meg ikke for noen av mine dager.
- OTB
- Jeg holder fast ved min rettferdighet og vil ikke la den gli.
Mitt hjerte anklager meg ikke for noen av mine dager. - B1930
- Jeg holder fast på min rettferdighet og slipper den ikke; mitt hjerte laster mig ikke for nogen av mine dager.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 2:3
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Read in contextActs 24:16
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
Read in context1 John 3:20–21
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Read in contextProverbs 4:13
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Read in contextPsalms 18:20–23
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
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