Skip to content

Job 27:5

Job 27:5
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

God forbid that I should justify you,.... Not but that he counted them righteous and good men God-ward; he did not take upon him to judge their state, and to justify or condemn them with respect to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 27:1-6

Job's discourse here is called a parable (mashal), the title of Solomon's proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

should justify you i. e. concede that you are in the right, viz. in charging me with evil.

remove my integrity i. e. give up my blamelessness refrain from asserting my innocence.