God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- BSB I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- NKJV Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- NASB “Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Until I die, I will not give up my integrity.
- NLT I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.
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Quick answer
Job refuses to admit his friends are right and will hold his integrity until death. It matters because he will not betray the truth to gain their approval.
Overview
Job declares it far from him to justify his friends' accusations; he will keep his integrity until he dies. He will not abandon his honest claim of innocence to win their agreement. Job's steadfast refusal to compromise truth under pressure displays a faith that values God's verdict above human approval.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- Prov 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Job 42:7And 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.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- Deut 25:1If 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 32:3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Gal 2:11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
- 2 Cor 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
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