wickedness. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44.
My lips shall not speak wickedness - This solemn profession made on oath might have done something to allay the suspicions of his friends in rega...
(b) My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. (b) However men judge me, yet will I not speak contrary to that which I have sai...
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...
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. My lips shall not speak wickedness - As I have hitherto lived in all good conscience...
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. ( Job 6:28 ; Job 6:30 .) The "deceit" would be, if he were to admit guilt, ag...
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 13:1...
He will not acknowledge guilt of which he is unconscious.
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 h...
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 protes...
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, h...
(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...
My lips shall not speak wickedness ,.... This is the thing he swears to, this the matter of his oath, not only that he would not speak a wicked word...
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Ver. 4. My lips shall not speak wickedness ] Which I should do, should I, contrary...
Job continued his parable His grave and weighty discourse. As God liveth He confirms the truth of his expressions by an oath, because he found th...
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 ha...
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. B. C. 1520....
I will speak nothing but the truth with all plainness and impartiality, neither defending myself and cause by vain and false professions of those vir...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. Moral courage It is the aim of all men to secure happiness. As to the course they think be...
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...
Job's Again Protests his Innocence
my lips shall not speak wickedness, falseness, lies, nor my tongue utter deceit! Such were the contents of Job's solemn oath that he would speak th...
2 Corinthians 11:10 ; Job 13:7 ; Job 34:6 ; John 8:55
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.