God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
WEB
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
YLT
Pollution to me--if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
DBT
Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.