Job 27:5

Job 27:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
• New International Version (NIV)I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Context of Job 27:5

3(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); 4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me. 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live. 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

Job 27:5 word by word

חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֪יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

• justifyצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• dieגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478
• awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• integrityתֻּמָּהtûmmâh · integrityH8538

Cross-references for Job 27:5

• Job 32:3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
• Job 42:7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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.
• Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
• Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
• Galatians 2:11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
• Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
• Job 13:15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
• Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Commentaries on Job 27:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5God forbid - di - לי חלילה chalilah lli, far be it from me, that I should justify you - that I should now, by any kind of acknowledgment of wickedness or hypocrisy justify your harsh judgment. You say that God afflicts me for my crimes; I say, and God knows it is truth, that I have not sinned so as to draw down any such judgment upon me. Your judgment, therefore, is pronounced at your own risk.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5God forbid - לי חלילה châlı̂ylâh lı̂y “Far be it from me.” Literally, “Profane be it to me;” that is, I should regard it as unholy and profane; I cannot do it. That I should justify you - That I should admit the correctness of your positions, and should concede that I am an hypocrite. He was conscious of integrity and sincerity, and nothing could induce him to abandon that conviction, or to admit the correctness of the reasoning which they had pursued…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Job found it wrong and offensive to admit that his friends were correct. It was a terrible act to condemn an innocent man like him (Exodus 23:7; Proverbs 6:16–19; 17:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. justify you--approve of your views. mine integrity--which you deny, on account of my misfortunes.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:5

• Integrity

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• God
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• Forbid
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• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings