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

3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, 4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit. I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die. 6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. 7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

Job 27:5 word by word

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

• I will neverחָלִ֫ילָהchâlîylâh châlilâh · forbidH2486
• ·אִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• say that you are rightצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• I will maintainלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• I will maintainסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• my integrityתֻּמָּהtûmmâh · integrityH8538
• my integrityמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• I dieגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478

Cross-references for Job 27:5

• Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
• Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
• Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
• Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
• Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
• Heap
• Far; Farther
• Forbid
• Integrity
• 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