Key Verse Spotlight
Job 27:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.”
Job 27:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
All the while my breath {is} in me, and the spirit of God {is} in my nostrils; {the spirit...: that is, the breath which God gave him}
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach {me} so long as I live. {so long...: Heb. from my days}
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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