Job 27:4

Job 27:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
• New International Version (NIV)my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
• New Living Translation (NLT)my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.

Context of Job 27:4

2“As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 3As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. 5Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.

Job 27:4 word by word

אִם־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗י אִם־יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• shall not speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• wickednessעַוְלָה‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• nor my tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• utterהָגָהhâgâh · to mutterH1897
• deceitרְמִיָּהremîyâh · deceitH7423

Cross-references for Job 27:4

• Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
• Job 34:6Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• John 8:55Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word.
• 2 Corinthians 11:10As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

Commentaries on Job 27:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4My lips shall not speak wickedness - As I have hitherto lived in all good conscience before God, as he knoweth, so will I continue to live.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4My lips shall not speak wickedness - This solemn profession made on oath might have done something to allay the suspicions of his friends in regard to him, and to show that they had been mistaken in his character. It is a solemn assurance that he did not mean to vindicate the cause of wickedness, or to say one word in its favor; and that as long as he lived he would never be found advocating it. Nor my tongue utter deceit - I will never make any use of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Job 6:28, 30). The "deceit" would be if he were to admit guilt against the witness of his conscience.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:4

• Deceit
• Falsehood
• Integrity
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Job, Book of
• Mutter

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