I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Parallel translations
- KJV My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- BSB I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
- NKJV My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
- NASB “I have kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not rebuke any of my days.
- NLT I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
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Quick answer
Job holds fast to his righteousness, his conscience not condemning him. It matters because Job's clear conscience sustains his confidence before God.
Overview
Job grips his righteousness firmly and declares that his heart does not reproach him for any of his days. He maintains a clear conscience, denying the secret sins his friends allege. While no one is sinless, Job's relative blamelessness is real, and it points to the perfect righteousness of Christ in whom believers find a truly untroubled conscience (Heb. 9:14).
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Cross-references · 6
- Job 2:3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
- Acts 24:16Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
- 1 Jn 3:20–21because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
- Prov 4:13Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
- 2 Cor 12:11I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
- Ps 18:20–23Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
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