Job 27:6

Reproach — With betraying my own cause and innocency.

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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...
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.
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...
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 upr...
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 firm...
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 co...
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) reproa...
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 13:1...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My heart shall not reproach me. — Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days.
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 h...
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 protes...
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, h...
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...
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 justify...
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 ] A...
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 j...
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 ha...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Again Protests his Innocence
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
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

⁶ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Related Commentaries of Job 27:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 27:6