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.
• 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

3As long as I live, while I have breath from God, 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. 7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.

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 Job’s three friends, for they made God appear to be wrong by their inability to answer Job’s arguments.
• Job 42:7After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.
• Deuteronomy 25:1“Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.
• Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— both are detestable to the Lord.
• Galatians 2:11But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong.
• Job 2:9His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”
• Job 13:15God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him.
• Job 29:14Everything I did was honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially 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

Topics related to Job 27:5

• Integrity

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
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• 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