Tree of Life Version
Job 27:5
5Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
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 my breath is still in me, the Ruach of God in my nostrils, 4my lips will speak no injustice, nor will my tongue mutter deceit. Far 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. 7“May my enemy be like the wicked my enemy 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 27:5
- Job 32:3He was also angry with his three friends because they had not found an answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Job 42:7After Adonai had spoken these words to Job, Adonai said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken about Me what is right, like My servant Job has.
- Deuteronomy 25:1“Suppose there is a dispute between people and they approach the court, the judges hear their case, and declare one righteous and the other guilty.
- Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the wicked and condemning the righteous: both are an abomination to Adonai.
- Galatians 2:11But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong—
- Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- Job 13:15Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was as my robe and turban.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world, and most especially toward you, with simplicity and godly sincerity—not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.
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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