Job 27:5

Verse

I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

American Standard Version (1901)

Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

Free Bible Version

I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.

King James (Authorized) Version

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Translation for Translators

I will never admit that what you three have said is true; until the day that I die, I will insist that I have not done things that are wrong.

Unlocked Literal Bible

I will never admit that you three are right; until I die I will never deny my integrity.

Noah Webster Bible

Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

World English Bible

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Young's Literal Translation

Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

Context

Job Affirms His Integrity

⁴my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit. ⁵I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die. ⁶I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

Summary

In this verse, Job declares his unwavering commitment to righteousness and integrity, refusing to admit to any wrongdoing despite his suffering. He maintains his innocence and refuses to compromise his moral principles, even in the face of intense trials and accusations. Job's steadfast faith and determination to uphold his integrity serve as a powerful example of resilience and trust in God's justice, inspiring believers to remain faithful in times of adversity. This verse showcases Job's unyielding faith and moral strength, highlighting the importance of standing firm in one's convictions even amidst great challenges.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

God forbid - חלילה לי - di 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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

God forbid that I should justify you,.... Not but that he counted them righteous and good men God-ward; he did not take upon him to judge their state, and to justify or condemn them with respect to their everlasting condition; but he could not justify them in their censures of him, and say they did a right thing in charging him with wickedness and hypocrisy; nor could he justify them in all their sentiments and doctrines which they had delivered concerning the punishment of the wicked in this life, and the happiness that attends all good men; and that a man by his outward circumstances may be known to be either a good man or a bad man; such things as these he could not say were right; for so to do would be to call evil good, and good evil; and therefore he expresses his utmost abhorrence and detestation of showing his approbation of such conduct as theirs towards him, and of such unbecoming sentiments of God, and of his dealings, they had entertained; and to join in with which would be a profanation and a pollution, as the word used by him signifies; he could not do it without defiling his conscience, and profaning truth: until I die one will not remove my integrity from me; Job was an upright man both in heart and life, through the grace of God bestowed on him; and he continued in his integrity, notwithstanding the temptations of Satan, and his attacks upon him, and the solicitations of his wife; and he determined through the grace of God to persist therein to the end of his life; though what he chiefly means here is, that he would not part with his character as an upright man, which he had always had, and God himself had bore testimony to; he would never give up this till he gave up the ghost; he would never suffer his integrity to be removed from him, nor remove it from himself by denying that it belonged to him, which his friends bore hard upon him to do. So Jarchi paraphrases it, "I will not confess (or agree) to your saying, that I am not upright;'' the phrase, "till I die", seems rather to belong to the first clause, though it is true of both, and may be repeated in this.

Job 27:5

Job Affirms His Integrity

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

American Standard Version (1901)

Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

Bible in Basic English

Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

Free Bible Version

I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.

King James (Authorized) Version

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Translation for Translators

I will never admit that what you three have said is true; until the day that I die, I will insist that I have not done things that are wrong.

Unlocked Literal Bible

I will never admit that you three are right; until I die I will never deny my integrity.

Noah Webster Bible

Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

World English Bible

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Young's Literal Translation

Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 27:5

Verse

Context

Job Affirms His Integrity

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Job 27:5

Job Affirms His Integrity

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes