Job 27 · Verse 5

Job 27:5

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Job 27:5, King James Version

Job 27:5 in other translations

BSBI will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
WEBFar be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
ASVFar be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
YLTPollution to me--if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
DARBYBe it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
BBELet 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.
WebsterFar be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

What does Job 27:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. justify you--approve of your views. mine integrity--which you deny, on account of my misfortunes.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 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.

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 27:5 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.

חָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahfar be itH2486
לִּי֮lito me
אִם\־'im-ifH518
אַצְדִּ֪יק'atz.DikI will declare rightH6663
אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אֶגְוָ֑ע'eg.Va'I will expireH1478
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
אָסִ֖יר'a.SirI will put asideH5493
תֻּמָּתִ֣יtu.ma.Tiintegrity myH8538
מִמֶּֽנִּי\׃mi.Me.nifrom meH4480

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

Cross references for Job 27:5

  • Job 2:9

    Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

  • Job 13:15

    Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • Job 42:7

    And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord 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.

  • Proverbs 17:15

    He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Job 29:14

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

  • Deuteronomy 25:1

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

  • Job 32:3

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

  • Galatians 2:11

    But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
justify.
32:3; 42:7; De 25:1; Pr 17:15; Ga 2:11
I will not.
2:9; 13:15; 29:14; 2Co 1:12

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Job 27:6

    My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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Job 27:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Nunca tal acontezca que yo os justifique: hasta morir no quitaré de mí mi integridad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Loin de moi que je vous justifie! Jusqu’à ce que j’expire, je ne lâcherai pas ma perfection;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Fern sei es von mir, daß ich euch recht geben sollte; bis ich verscheide, werde ich meine Unsträflichkeit nicht von mir weichen lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.