Job 27:6

Job 27:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
• New International Version (NIV)I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.

Context of Job 27:6

4My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit. 5Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Until I die, I will not give up my integrity. I have kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not rebuke any of my days. 7“May my enemy be as the wicked, And my opponent as the criminal. 8For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life?

Job 27:6 word by word

בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י מִיָּמָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• keptחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• of my righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• and will not letרָפָהrâphâh · to slackenH7503
• My heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• does not rebukeחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• anyמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• of my daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Job 27:6

• Job 2:3The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds firm to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
• Psalms 18:20The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
• Proverbs 4:13Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.
• Acts 24:16In view of this I also do my best to maintain a blameless conscience both before God and before other people, always.
• 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was in no respect inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.
• 1 John 3:20that if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things.

Commentaries on Job 27:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6My righteousness I hold fast - I stand firmly on this ground; I have endeavored to live an upright life, and my afflictions are not the consequence of my sins. My heart shall not reproach me - I shall take care so to live that I shall have a conscience void of offense before God and man. "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God;" 1 John 3:21. This seems to be Job's meaning.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6My righteousness I hold fast - I hold on to the consciousness of integrity and uprightness. I cannot, will not, part with that. Job had lost his property, his health, and his domestic comforts, but he had in all this one consolation - he felt that he was sincere. He had been subjected to calamity by God as if he were a wicked man, but still he was resolved to adhere to the consciousness of his uprightness. Property may leave a man; friends may forsake…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. 66. Rather, my "heart" (conscience) reproaches "not one of my days," that is, I do not repent of any of my days since I came into existence [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:6

• Conscience
• Honesty
• Integrity

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Heart
• 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