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I Hold Fast My Righteousness

27 Then Job continued to lift up his [a](A)discourse and said,

“As God lives, (B)who has removed my justice,
And the Almighty, (C)who has embittered my soul,
For as long as breath is in me,
And the (D)spirit from God is in my nostrils,
My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness,
Nor will (E)my tongue utter deceit.
Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I breathe my last (F)I will not remove my integrity from me.
I (G)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

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  1. Job 27:1 Lit proverb

Job Affirms His Righteousness

27 Then Job [a]continued his (A)discourse and said,

“As God lives, (B)who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, (C)who has embittered my soul,
For as long as [b]life is in me,
And the [c](D)breath of God is in my nostrils,
My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will (E)my tongue mutter deceit.
“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die (F)I will not put away my integrity from me.
“I (G)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:1 Or again took up
  2. Job 27:3 Lit breath
  3. Job 27:3 Or spirit