Job 27:5

Job Affirms His Integrity · Job 27:1–6
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Translations

Modern
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
Traditional
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Literal
Far be it from me that I justify you; until I die, I will not turn aside my integrity from me.
Latin
Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.

Original

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

Notes

Job 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).

Theme notes and profiles

Job’s Innocence

Events

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning