Job 27:5

Job chapter 27 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

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.

Context

v.4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

v.5This passage

v.6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 32:3

    Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

  • Deuteronomy 25:1

    If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Job 13:15

    Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

  • Job 42:7

    And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

  • Proverbs 17:15

    He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.