Job 27:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. ”

Job 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My righteousness I hold fast - I hold on to the consciousness of integrity and uprightness. I cannot, will not, part with that. Job had lost his property, his health, and his domestic comforts, b...
Job 27:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I (e) live. (e) Of my life past.
Job 27:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Continuation of Job's reply to Bildad. Job 27:1 must be removed as a gloss. Job swears by God that he (in full possession of his powers, Job 27:3 ) tells the truth ( Job 27:4 ). God forbid that he...
Job 27:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 477 SELF-REPROACH Job 27:6 . My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live . JOB had been represented by God as a perfect and upright man: and the severe trials he was called to e...
Job 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. My righteousness I hold fast - I stand firmly on this ground; I have endeavored to live an up...
Job 27:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God forbid that I should justify you— See the note on chap. Job 2:9 . This and the three following verses afford us a proof of Job's faith, and contain the noble plea that he makes for himself aga...
Job 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. Rather, 'my heart' (conscience) reproaches 'not one of my days' - i:e., I do not repent...
Job 27:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Eighth Speech (concluded) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1-6 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said ( Job 13:16 ) of his determination not to admit that he was...
Job 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My heart shall not reproach me. — Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 27:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1-14 ; Job 27:1-23 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the...
Job 27:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Justice of God Job 27:1-23 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews his protestations of integrity, Job 27:1-10 . He denies th...
Job 27:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. Th...
Job 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not spea...
Job 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go ,.... Meaning not his personal righteousness, or the righteousness of his works, as his justifying righteousness before God, and for acceptance w...
Job 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live. Ver. 6. My righteousness I hold fast ] As with tooth and nail, yea, though it be to the lo...
Job 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God forbid that I should justify you In your opinion concerning me, and censure of me; till I die , &c. Never hope that I will yield to your judgment, which I know to be false: no, I abhor the...
Job 27:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the d...
Job 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. B. C. 1520. 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, a...
Job 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I hold fast, Heb. I have held fast , i.e., I have not only begun well, but continued in well-doing; which is a plain evidence that I am no hypocrite. Or, the past tense is put for the future, as i...
Job 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, the...
Job 27:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
Job 27:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 27:1 . Parable, equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2 . God hath taken away my judgment. The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so h...
Job 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Moreover Job continued his parable. Points in Job’s parable I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a belief-- 1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny...
Job 27:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 27:1-18 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6 , Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possibl...
Job 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Again Protests his Innocence
Job 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:20 ; 1 John 3:21 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; Acts 24:16 ; Job 2:3 ; Proverbs 4:13 ; Psalms 18:20-23
Job 27:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Reproach — With betraying my own cause and innocency.

Job 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 27:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 27:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 27:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 27:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 27:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 27:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 27:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 27:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 27:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 27:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 27:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 27:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 27:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes