New English Translation
Job 27:5
5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
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
3for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, 4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit. I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! 6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live. 7“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like 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 32:3With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
- Job 42:7After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
- Deuteronomy 25:1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
- Proverbs 17:15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.
- Galatians 2:11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.
- Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”
- Job 13:15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God – not by human wisdom but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more 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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