Job 27:5

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.
• 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.
• 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 I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, 4my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies. I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. 6I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. 7“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!

Job 27:5 word by word

חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֪יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• God forbidחָלִ֫ילָהchâlîylâh châlilâh · forbidH2486
• that I should justifyצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• you: till I dieגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478
• I will not removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• mine integrityתֻּמָּהtûmmâh · integrityH8538

Cross-references for Job 27:5

• Job 32:3He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
• Job 42:7After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
• Deuteronomy 25:1When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
• Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.
• Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• Job 2:9His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
• Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.

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

Topics related to Job 27:5

• Integrity

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
• Heap
• Far; Farther
• Forbid
• Integrity
• 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