New King James Version
Job 27:5
5Far be it from me That I should say 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.
- 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 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 breath of God in my nostrils, 4My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. Far 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. 7“May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me 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 32:3Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Job 42:7And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and 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 to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
- Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
- Galatians 2:11Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;
- Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly 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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