Job 27:5 BSB — MannaFest

Job 27:5

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVIII (604)

God forbid that I should justify you; till I die, I will not depart from mine innocency. For he would 'depart from his innocency,' if he reckoned good things of bad persons; as Solomon bears witness, who saith, He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. For there are persons, who, whilst they extol with commendation deeds of men ill done, heighten that which they ought to have rebuked.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is God that justifies. To resolve that our hearts shall not reproach us when we give them cause to do so is to affront God, whose deputy conscience is, and to wrong ourselves; for it is a good thing, when a man has sinned, to have a heart within him to smite him for it, 2 Sam. xxiv.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

God forbid - לי חלילה châlı̂ylâh lı̂y. “Far be it from me.” Literally, “Profane be it to me;” that is, I should regard it as unholy and profane; I cannot do it. That I should justify you - That I should admit the correctness of your positions, and should concede that I am an hypocrite. He was conscious of integrity and sincerity, and nothing could induce him to abandon that conviction, or to admit the correctness of the reasoning which they had pursued in regard to him.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חָלִ֣ילָה	cha.Li.lah	far be it	H2486 →
לִּי֮	li	to me
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
אַצְדִּ֪יק	'atz.Dik	I will declare right	H6663 →
אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
אֶגְוָ֑ע	'eg.Va'	I will expire	H1478 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אָסִ֖יר	'a.Sir	I will put aside	H5493 →
תֻּמָּתִ֣י	tu.ma.Ti	integrity my	H8538 →
מִמֶּֽנִּי׃	mi.Me.ni	from me	H4480 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 13:15
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
leads to
- Psalms 23:4
  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Job 23:10
  Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Job 19:25–28
  But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Romans 8:38–39
  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- 1 John 3:20
  Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Through
Proverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
leads to
- Isaiah 5:23
  who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 23:7
  Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- Proverbs 18:5
  Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job