Job 27:4

Job 27:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
• New International Version (NIV)my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

Context of Job 27:4

2‘Almighty God has not been fair to me. He has caused my life to be very sad. As surely as he lives, I promise this: 3As long as God's Spirit gives me life, I will never speak any lies. I will always be honest. 5I will never agree that you, my three friends, are right. Until the day of my death, I will continue to say what I know is right. 6I will never agree that I am guilty. During all of my life, my thoughts do not say that I am doing anything wrong.

Job 27:4 word by word

אִם־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗י אִם־יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• shall not speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• wickednessעַוְלָה‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• nor my tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• utterהָגָהhâgâh · to mutterH1897
• deceitרְמִיָּהremîyâh · deceitH7423

Cross-references for Job 27:4

• Job 13:7You think that you can tell lies to speak on behalf of God! Your lies are not helping God.
• Job 34:6I am right, but nobody believes me. I have not done anything wrong, but I am suffering and I am near to death.”
• John 8:55You have never known him, but I know him. I might say, “I do not know him.” But then I would be telling a lie. So I would be like you. But I do know him, and I obey his words.
• 2 Corinthians 11:10The message that I speak about Christ is true. So I will continue to be proud of how I lived among you. Nobody in the whole region of Achaia can stop me doing that.

Commentaries on Job 27:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4My lips shall not speak wickedness - As I have hitherto lived in all good conscience before God, as he knoweth, so will I continue to live.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4My lips shall not speak wickedness - This solemn profession made on oath might have done something to allay the suspicions of his friends in regard to him, and to show that they had been mistaken in his character. It is a solemn assurance that he did not mean to vindicate the cause of wickedness, or to say one word in its favor; and that as long as he lived he would never be found advocating it. Nor my tongue utter deceit - I will never make any use of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Job 6:28, 30). The "deceit" would be if he were to admit guilt against the witness of his conscience.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:4

• Deceit
• Falsehood
• Integrity
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Job, Book of
• Mutter

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