Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. New Living Translation I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. English Standard Version I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. Berean Standard Bible I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. King James Bible My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. New King James Version My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. New American Standard Bible “I have kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not rebuke any of my days. NASB 1995 “I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. NASB 1977 “I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. Legacy Standard Bible I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. Amplified Bible “I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go; My heart does not reproach me for any of my days. Christian Standard Bible I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! Holman Christian Standard Bible I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! American Standard Version My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I shall hold fast to my righteousness and I shall not let it go, and my heart does not chastise me from my days Brenton Septuagint Translation but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss. Contemporary English Version because each day my conscience agrees that I am innocent. Douay-Rheims Bible My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life. English Revised Version My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. GOD'S WORD® Translation I cling to my righteousness and won't let go. My conscience won't accuse me as long as I live. Good News Translation I will never give up my claim to be right; my conscience is clear. International Standard Version I'll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won't rebuke me at any time. JPS Tanakh 1917 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. Literal Standard Version On my righteousness I have laid hold, | And I do not let it go, | My heart does not reproach me while I live. Majority Standard Bible I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. New American Bible My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. NET Bible I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live. New Revised Standard Version I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. New Heart English Bible I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live. Webster's Bible Translation My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. World English Bible I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live. Young's Literal Translation On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Affirms His Integrity…5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die. 6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. Cross References Job 2:3 Then 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." Job 6:29 Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake. Job 13:18 Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated. Job 27:7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban. Job 31:6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity. Job 32:1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Treasury of Scripture My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. I hold fast Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. Psalm 18:20-23 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me… Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. my heart Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. 2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 1 John 3:20,21 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things… so long as I live. Jump to Previous Conscience Fast Heart Hold Live Maintain Part Reproach Reproacheth Righteousness SafeJump to Next Conscience Fast Heart Hold Live Maintain Part Reproach Reproacheth Righteousness SafeJob 27 1. Job protests his sincerity8. The hypocrite is without hope 11. The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses (6) My heart shall not reproach me.--Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days.Verse 6. - My righteousness I held fast, and will not let it go. Not only will Job never cease to maintain his integrity in the past, but he will hold fast to the same course of blameless life in the future. He will not "curse God, and die." Resolutely he will maintain his faith in God, and his dependence on him. "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. This is probably the true meaning, though some suggest "My heart doth not reproach me for any of my days" Job determines to "have always a conscience void of offence, both toward God and toward man" (Acts 24:16; comp. Acts 23:1; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Timothy 1:3; 1 John 3:21). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will hold fastהֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי (he·ḥĕ·zaq·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer my righteousness בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י (bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯî) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively and never וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no let go. אַרְפֶּ֑הָ (’ar·pe·hā) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7503: Sink, relax As long as I live, מִיָּמָֽי׃ (mî·yā·māy) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 3117: A day my conscience לְ֝בָבִ֗י (lə·ḇā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart will not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no accuse me. יֶחֱרַ֥ף (ye·ḥĕ·rap̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2778: To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter Links Job 27:6 NIVJob 27:6 NLT Job 27:6 ESV Job 27:6 NASB Job 27:6 KJV Job 27:6 BibleApps.com Job 27:6 Biblia Paralela Job 27:6 Chinese Bible Job 27:6 French Bible Job 27:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 27:6 I hold fast to my righteousness (Jb) |
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