Job 27:6

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 King James Version (NKJV)My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.

Context of Job 27:6

4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. 7Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Job 27:6 word by word

בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י מִיָּמָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• goרָפָהrâphâh · to slackenH7503
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• reproachחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• liveיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Job 27:6

• Job 2:3And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move 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 hath he recompensed me.
• Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
• Acts 24:16And in this I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
• 2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very greatest apostles, though I am nothing.
• 1 John 3:20For if our heart condemneth us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth 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

Topics related to Job 27:6

• Conscience
• Honesty
• Integrity

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Heart
• 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