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
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...
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.
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...
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 upr...
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 firm...
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 co...
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) reproa...
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...
My heart shall not reproach me. — Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days.
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 righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go ,.... Meaning not his personal righteousness, or the righteousness of his works, as his justify...
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 ] A...
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 j...
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 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 hypocri...
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 righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go, in spite also of the sneering remark of his wife, 2:9; my heart shall not reproach me so long a...
Reproach — With betraying my own cause and innocency.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.