I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
Parallel translations
- WEB I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- KJV My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- 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 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
- Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
- 1 Jn 3:20–21Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
- Prov 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- 2 Cor 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- Ps 18:20–23The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
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