English Standard Version
Job 27:5
5Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.
Context of Job 27:5
3as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 4my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 6I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. 7"Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
Read all of Job 27Job 27:5 word by word
חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֪יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 27:5
- Job 32:3He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
- Job 42:7After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
- Deuteronomy 25:1"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
- Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
- Galatians 2:11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
- Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die."
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
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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