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Job 27:5
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.
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 God's Spirit gives me life, 4I will never speak any lies. I will always be honest. I 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. 7I pray that God will punish my enemies as he punishes all wicked people. They do bad things to me, so they deserve punishment.
Read all of Job 27Job 27:5 word by word
חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֪יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 27:5
- Job 32:3Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends. They had not been able to find an answer to Job's problem. But they still said that Job was guilty.
- Job 42:7When the Lord had spoken to Job, he said this to Eliphaz, the man from Teman: ‘I am very angry with you and with your two friends. The things that my servant Job has said about me are true. But the things that you said were not right.
- Deuteronomy 25:1When there is an argument between two people, they must both go to the judges. Then the judges will decide which of the two people is right. They will decide the punishment for the guilty person.
- Proverbs 17:15If a judge says that a guilty person is not guilty, the Lord hates it. If a judge punishes someone who is not guilty, the Lord hates that too.
- Galatians 2:11But later, when Peter came to Antioch, I spoke against him. I told him clearly that he had done something wrong.
- Job 2:9His wife said to him, ‘You cannot continue to trust God! Instead, you should curse God and then die.’
- Job 13:15Even if God kills me, I will still trust him. I will tell him why I am not guilty.
- Job 29:14I always did what was right, like good clothes that I wore. I was fair and honest, like my coat and my hat.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12We can be proud of how we have lived in this world. We have been careful to be honest and good with everyone. And we have been like that with you even more. We are sure in our own minds that this is true. We have not tried to be clever in a human way. But we have lived in the way that God has helped us to live.
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
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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
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