Job 27 · Verse 4

Job 27:4

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 27:4, King James Version

Job 27:4 in other translations

BSBmy lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
WEBsurely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
ASVSurely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
YLTMy lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
DARBYMy lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
BBETruly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
WebsterMy lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

What does Job 27:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (Job 6:28, 30). The "deceit" would be if he were to admit guilt against the witness of his conscience.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 My 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 27:1-6

Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded in a grave and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of his cause and of his God; and cheerfully committed his cause to him. But Job had not due reverence when he spake of God as taking away his judgment, and vexing his soul. To resolve that our hearts shall not reproach us, while we hold fast our integrity, baffles the designs of the evil…

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Job 27:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָהte.da.Be.re.nahthey will speakH1696
שְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.Tailips myH8193
עַוְלָ֑ה'av.LahinjusticeH5766
וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗יu.le.sho.Niand tongue myH3956
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יֶהְגֶּ֥הyeh.Gehit will utterH1897
רְמִיָּֽה\׃re.mi.YahdeceitH7423

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 27:4

  • Job 13:7

    Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Job 6:28

    Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

  • John 8:55

    Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:10

    As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

  • Job 34:6

    Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:7; 34:6; Joh 8:55; 2Co 11:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 27:3

    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  • Job 27:4

    My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

  • Job 27:5

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

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Job 27:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mis labios no hablarán iniquidad, ni mi lengua pronunciará engaño.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mes lèvres ne diront pas d’iniquité, et ma langue ne prononcera pas de fausseté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		wenn meine Lippen Unrecht reden werden, und wenn meine Zunge Trug aussprechen wird!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.