Tree of Life Version
Job 27:4
4my lips will speak no injustice, nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
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 King James Version (NKJV)My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
Context of Job 27:4
2“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter, 3as long as my breath is still in me, the Ruach of God in my nostrils, my lips will speak no injustice, nor will my tongue mutter deceit. 5Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! 6I will maintain my righteousness, and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for any of my days.
Read all of Job 27Job 27:4 word by word
אִם־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗י אִם־יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 27:4
- Job 13:7Will you speak unjustly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for Him?
- Job 34:6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’
- John 8:55Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him. If I say I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you. Yet I do know Him and keep His Word.
- 2 Corinthians 11:10As the truth of Messiah is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced 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
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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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