New King James Version
Job 27:6
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
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 Living Translation (NLT)I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
Context of Job 27:6
4My 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. My 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. 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
Read all of Job 27Job 27:6 word by word
בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י מִיָּמָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 27:6
- Job 2:3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
- Psalms 18:20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
- Proverbs 4:13Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her, for she is your life.
- Acts 24:16This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
- 1 John 3:20For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and 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
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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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